maria ❦

“It isn't only that he died, or how died; it is what he died believing. And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“There is nothing worth doing that is not scary. There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.”
― Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

“If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist