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“They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Who's the literary nerd? The quoter or the one who recognizes the quote?”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“You have always thought if you opened your mouth in open water you would drown, but if you didn't open your mouth you would suffocate. So here you are, drowning.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water

“You can't live long with the ones who are only beautiful, Jules. But the funny ones, oh, they last a lifetime.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People