Donna

“It occurs to her that at any particular moment, you can only be most alarmed about one thing.”
― Jessica Soffer, This Is a Love Story

“Memory is a sieve that catches only the most important moments. The insignificant details of daily life don’t stick; instead, they flow through the sieve. Then there are experiences that are unusual, set apart from the everyday, that carry an emotional charge. These we often hold on to, turning them over and over.”
― Amy Griffin, The Tell: A Memoir

“So perhaps the thing that’s keeping you from what you’re supposed to be doing is calling to you for a good reason. Don’t be afraid to take that unknown path if it beckons. Sometimes you must trust where you are called.”
― Jenny Lawson, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

“It’s almost painful, the way little children just trustingly hold out their hearts for you to look at—the way they haven’t learned yet how to conceal what matters to them, even if it’s just chewing gum or a plush dolphin or plastic binoculars.”
― Catherine Newman, Sandwich