“When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“You can obsess and obsess over how things ended—what you did wrong or could have done differently—but there's not much of a point. It's not like it'll change anything. So really, why worry?”
― The Catastrophic History of You and Me
― The Catastrophic History of You and Me
“I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up—many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.”
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“Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh. I yearned for an ice-cold drink—preferably one with bubbles and alcohol in it.”
― Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific
― Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific
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