“One of the plainest truths about both towns and individuals is that they usually don't turn into what we tell them to be, but what they are told they are.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone,”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“I firmly believe that we all need to find something to do in our lives that stops us from eating the couch.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“I liked learning things. How numbers worked together to explain the stars. How molecules made the world. All the ugly and wonderful things people had done in the last two thousand years.”
― All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
― All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
“Then I wondered why I was so afraid. And as if she could read the prose across my eyes, Nurse Natalya said: "It's because your life will be yours. Which means your misery will be yours too.”
― The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
― The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko
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