La Crosse County Library

“We all have a hundred fake personalities depending upon who we’re with. We pretend and dissemble and stifle ourselves just to fit in.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“Because he was always the sort of person who stood in the way, the sort who protected, the sort who ran. He always thought he was the bad guy in all stories, the real heroes always do, that’s why stories about boys like him never end with them growing old.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

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

“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