Alysha Gaskins

“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

“She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn't her fault she'd been alone. Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“The first things people always ask are,
why?
And how?

But not with me.

I don’t want to do anything.
I don’t want to be anything.
I want to disappear elegantly.
I want people to look for my goodbye note
and find nothing but smoke.”
― Lora Mathis

“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.”
― Ingmar Bergman