“I never used to be scared. But over the last few years, I’ve gradually got more and more nervous. I know it’s completely irrational.”
― Can You Keep a Secret?
― Can You Keep a Secret?
“By 2019, 85 percent of Instagram influencers were between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, which means that what most twentysomethings see on their phones all day are other twentysomethings living their best lives—in bathing suits—with some making a lot of money along the way. Meanwhile, child celebrities and everyday kids spend their youth acting twenty, while mature adults and the Real Housewives dress, and are sculpted, to look twenty-nine. The young look older and the old look younger, collapsing the adult life span into one long twentysomething ride.”
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
“The world just changed, Gaz,” Kaladin said, leaning in close. “I died down at that chasm. Now you’ve got my vengeful spirit to deal with.”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“That was what true survival was, keeping the heart beating while continuing to feel everything.”
― I Thought You Said This Would Work
― I Thought You Said This Would Work
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