jen

“Maeve, speak up. Don't expect that anyone will do you the favor of listening if you don't trouble yourself to use your voice.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

“I've spent years living safely to secure a longer life, and look where that's gotten me. I'm at the finish line but I never ran the race.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“For what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“You can cling to this world for a thousand years and still be plucked out of it in a breath.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land