Dana

“I was not the woman who breaks into pieces under the blows of abandonment and absence, who goes mad, who dies. Only a few fragments had splintered off, for the rest I was well. I was whole, whole I would remain. To those who hurt me, I react giving back in kind. I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

“Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.”
― Adriana Trigiani, The Shoemaker's Wife

“Everyone has a thousand wishes before a tragedy, but just one afterward.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown