Lauren

“I think this man is suffering from memories.”
― Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“Should people take justice in their own hands when their system of law does not function?”
― Ishmael Beah, Radiance of Tomorrow

“All any of us could do was try, and hope that, in the end, the virtuous cycle would break the vicious one.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tyrant’s Tomb

“He hadn't meant all the terrible things about being human . . . . He'd meant the best things: standing up for a just cause, putting others first, having stubborn faith that you could make a difference, even if it meant you had to die to protect your friends and what you believed in.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero