Jen

“Happiness is like one of those places on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by dragons. One must fight to gain it.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, Next to You

“Just because something doesn’t make money or win awards doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“You know, my mother was ahead of her time. The kind of woman who wanted to have it all," she says. "She knew she deserved it too. But the problem is, once you love someone, you can't have it all anymore. Love comes with sacrifice.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“Why didn’t I record him? I think again, with a deep pulse of pain. And just as fast, I feel a breeze ripple over my back, and it's hard not to believe or maybe just hope-that maybe I didn't need to record it.
That maybe he's here, his atoms redistributed, the ashes we sprinkled in the river near our house now mixed with the sand all around me, his love permanent and intractable as ever.
Love isn't something you can cup in your hands, and I have to believe that means it's something that can't ever be lost.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life