mars

“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”
― Enid Blyton, Mr Galliano's Circus

“I know everything feels hopeless to you in this moment, but this is just a moment, and moments pass.”
― Blake Crouch, Recursion

“I'd know you with any face and by any name, Riven. His golden eyes meet mine, and his words wrap around me like a familiar blanket. "Any voice no matter how cutting. Through any gaze no matter how loathing. I would know your touch through a closed curtain and the sound of your step when the last spotlight has gone out. I have known you at the beginning of each performance, and I will bow with you at the brink of every finale.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains

“The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea