Thomas Ryan

“Pressure makes us, though. You start off as coal and the pressure makes you a diamond.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Physical beauty is passing - a transitory possession - but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart - I have all these things - aren't taken away but grow! Increase with the years!”
― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Yes, we live, or we're given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End