Amanda

“Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle, or, a better metaphor, if dated, the links of a long chain, and even if those links are never put back together, which they will certainly never be, even if they remain for the rest of time dispersed across the earth like the fragile blown seeds of a dying dandelion, isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one’s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to someone?”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“Remember: words, especially those written, are immortal.”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“I have found it to be absolutely astounding, all the trouble living has turned out to be. Things nobody ever warned me about.”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“There are two things that are particularly good at reminding us how old we are: children and sports.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown