Mary Alex Pooler

“But there comes a point when what’s empowering becomes discouraging. When we begin looking at others not for inspiration but to compare. When what we find no longer feels like tools that will help but stones that weigh us down. When that happens, it’s time to pause and remember why we’re doing this thing in the first place. And if we’ve made it this far, we usually know. After we remind ourselves of the why, we can ask, “What do I want this to look like in my life?”
― Holley Gerth, Fiercehearted: Live Fully, Love Bravely

“And in America you can go to a store twenty-four hours a day, any time you want. There is always something happening, even at night.”
― Joseph Kim, Under the Same Sky: A Memoir of Survival, Hope, and Faith

“No one would choose this sort of painful adolescence, but the fact is that the solitude of Woz’s teens, and the single-minded focus on what would turn out to be a lifelong passion, is typical for highly creative people.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“I’ve always said there are no mysteries, only things we don’t yet know; but lately I’ve thought not even knowledge takes all strangeness from the world.”
― Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent