Megan Crouch

“That’s all of life. All we can hope for. You mustn’t think about the fact that it might end, because then you live like a coward, you never love too much or sing too loudly. You have to take it for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and water balloons and another person’s breath against your neck. That’s the only courageous thing a person can do.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“We also simply need to elect more women who will fight for working parents. History has shown that unless women have the power to drive these reforms they won’t happen. Men should understand that these are their issues, too,”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

“special magic of girlfriends that’s possible at any age—and no matter who you are—if your heart is open and generous and willing to do the work of meaningful friendship.”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

“Being a parent is so strange, all our children's pain belongs to us, but so does their joy.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends