Regina

“They laughed as children do when they are thrown high in the air. We are all falling, all the time, from the half-understood past to the unknowable future. The other name for falling without fear is flying.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Future

“Apparently, Marx said that religion was the opium of the masses. It kept the oppressed from complaining or trying to change things.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“I don't think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends