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“I see her every night,” Teddy says. “She sleeps under my bed so I can hear her singing.”
― Jason Rekulak, Hidden Pictures

“Living on is the memory of a horse who was hitched to a plow but wanted to soar. Snowman and Harry showed the world how extraordinary the most ordinary among us can be. Never give up, even when the obstacles seem sky high. There is something extraordinary in all of us.”
― Elizabeth Letts, The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

“We fool ourselves that we can protect the people we love, because if we accepted the truth we’d never let them out of our sight.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“But that means that every human you know—and everyone you don’t—is insignificant, too. You are just as important as the celebrities and politicians and influencers who keep your world moving, which is to say “not very.” No decision you ever make will have a significant impact on the universe. Isn’t that so freeing, to know that your actions don’t matter? Maybe they matter to you and your fellow humans, but I guarantee that even on your small scales, most of your choices aren’t as meaningful as you fear they are.”
― Moiya McTier, The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy