Jenn James

“Josie knew, then, that better than searching for a person of courage -- she'd been on this search for years, dear god -- better and possibly easier than searching for such people in the extant world was to 'create' them. She didn't need to find humans of integrity and courage. She needed to 'make' them.”
― Dave Eggers, Heroes of the Frontier

“What Ryan had learned from this is that your failures keep returning to you, while your successes are something you always have to convince yourself of”
― Rachel Cusk, Outline

“the only way to understand the world as something other than a tale of loss is to see it as a tale of change.”
― Daniel Mason, North Woods

“I also feel it’s better to be deeply loved (which you are) than widely liked (which you probably also are! but I won’t labour the point.)”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You