Julia

“Happiness as an act of defiance. A revolutionary act.”
― Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities

“If there was any justice in the world, I'd never have met you, much less have even a scrap of your regard. And for a while... I thought maybe I'd cheated fate to have you near me. That I was bending the rules—forcing some impossible streak of luck—and any moment, you'd find out who I really was, and then you'd be gone. (...) But what a stupid thing to think. Unfair to you. Did I think so little of you? Did I think you couldn't see who I was, really? Was I foolish enough to believe I could make you see something other than what was there?”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“This is what families do for each other—hide a few uncomfortable truths, allow a few self-deceptions. Little kindnesses.” “And little cruelties,” he said.”
― Anne Tyler, French Braid

“I believe what I believe to make life less terrifying. That’s all beliefs are: stories we tell ourselves to stop being afraid.”
― Adrian J. Walker, The End of the World Running Club