Kelly

“There was a lot of things about love that you could only learn after you’d faced the real kind. The best kind wasn’t this soft, sweet thing of hearts and picnics. It wasn’t flowery and divine. Real love was gritty. The real kind of love never quit. Someone who loved you would do what’s best for you; they’d stand up for you and sacrifice. Someone who loved you would face any inconvenience willingly. You didn’t know what love was until someone was willing to give up what they loved the most for you. But it was also never letting them make that choice, either.”
― Mariana Zapata, Wait for It

“Find whatever love is left in your life and hold on to it tightly. And one day, things will have gotten less gray, less dull.”
― Sierra Simone, Priest

“Almost all grown adults walk around full of regret over a good-bye they wish they’d been able to go back and say better.”
― Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

“What no one tells you is that the road to accomplishing your goals isn’t a straight line; it looks more like a corn maze. You stopped, you went, you backed up, and took a few wrong turns along the way, but the important thing you had to remember was that there was an exit. Somewhere.”
― Mariana Zapata, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me