Andrea Dearborn

“And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“Yes, "Lolita" is beautiful. But yes, it's also terrible. We can hold both in our hands.”
― Alisson Wood, Being Lolita

“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive