Nada Ahmed

“They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Nothing is easier for people who never do anything themselves than to criticize someone who actually makes an effort.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“Are you an idiot?
I'm in training.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Labyrinth of the Spirits

“Certainty is reassuring, but one can only learn by doubting.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Labyrinth of the Spirits