Doing what you believe is worthwhile is the only source of real self-esteem, even if doing so makes you feel inferior, exposed, and ashamed in the short run.
“I wanted to meet that version of me, whoever she was.”
― A Novel Love Story
― A Novel Love Story
“The problem with so many people you encounter in life is that they’re being the version of themselves they think they should be rather than the person they actually are.”
― The Love of My Afterlife
― The Love of My Afterlife
“Fate has a way of giving you exactly what you need, when you need it.”
― The Love of My Afterlife
― The Love of My Afterlife
“If I don’t go now to look for the place where I belong, I might end up never finding it.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“I saw those people singing ‘Happy Birthday,’ and I got it. Those guests, friends, family, whatever. They were witnesses to that guy’s life. The fact that they were there to see him change age—some arbitrary occasion—it marked it. It meant that it was remembered. That he will be remembered. Even when he’s gone. Because he had, you know, witnesses.”
― The Love of My Afterlife
― The Love of My Afterlife
Janelle’s 2025 Year in Books
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