Julia

“Grown men don’t have enough things they’re afraid of on this planet to become good at running.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“She said: ‘Male role models? How well do you think that’s worked out so far, pure historically, for you men?”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“Adults always think they can protect children by stopping them from going to dangerous places, but every teenager knows that’s pointless, because the most dangerous place on earth is inside us. Fragile hearts break in palaces and in dark alleys alike.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles