Emily

“She would ask herself these questions: does this place make me feel positive? Can I be truly whole and uncompromisingly myself? Do I love and treasure myself here?”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“We're strong and we're not. We make progress and then we falter and we show up anyway, again and again and again, and when we tell the truth about what we're carrying, it makes us feel less alone and less stuck, and when we show up anyway and tell others about what we're carrying, it makes everyone feel less alone and less stuck. You just do all of it right in the middle of your normal, messy life. The greatest moments of your professional life unfold right while you're having a hard time sleeping or you go back to therapy or you think you might be in early menopause. All we have is right here, right now.”
― Shauna Niequist, I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

“that he and Mom weren’t like two magnets. They were like two colors. Once they were mixed together, there was no way of separating them.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“The birds are like tourists. They screech and make a mess, but you’re not allowed to shoot them…”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends