Ana

“innate. Everywhere, you are observed and assessed: walking down the street, riding a bus, driving a car, eating in a café. You must smile, but not too widely. You must be pleasant, but not forward. You must accommodate and ingratiate but never offer too much of yourself, and never for your own pleasure. If you do this, it must be in secret.”
― Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Air You Breathe

“Kaz had spent his life in a series of dodges and feints. Why come at a problem straight on when you could find some other way to approach? There was always an angle, and he was an expert at finding it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“What you create, others can destroy. Create anyway. Because in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and anyone else anyway.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“If you were to give yourself a list of dares, what would you put on your list?”
― Ines Bautista-Yao, Plain Vanilla