Belle Bookworm

“Not wanting to be dead isn't quite the same as wanting to be alive. there's a greedy space in between where one knows the desire to keep breathing should lie but is cooly absent.”
― Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her

“When you’re reading a book and you can’t
focus, ask yourself, ‘How much is the writer’s fault, and how much is mine?’ Be honest. That’s how you’ll know if you should set it aside forever or for a few hours.”
― Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her

“I've been thinking about Finn, and for the first time since Alexis's call that morning, it doesn't hurt.
I'm so, so grateful that Finn was once alive and that I got to love him. That he got to love and be loved.
And be loved still.”
― Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her

“Sugishita, do you think people can get stronger and grow bigger of they eat nothing but rice? No. That's the same with eating only vegetables. And only meat's not gonna do, either. People have to eat a variety of foods, get a bunch of different nutrients in order to grow bigger and stronger. Right? It's the same with what's inside us, too. You have to meet all kinds of people, take their effects on you and let their influences blend and mix in order to build a new you. That way, your world can grow bigger and stronger, too. [Umemiya]”
― Satoru Nii, Wind Breaker 14