Sharil Ali

“And I cry because everything is so beautiful and so short.”
― Marina Keegan, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

“You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think it's whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy

“And when the event, the big change in your life, is simply an insight-- isn't that a strange thing? That absolutely nothing changes except that you see things differently and you're less fearful and less anxious and generally stronger as a result: isn't it amazing that a completely invisible thing in your head can feel realer than anything you've experienced before?”
― Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring