Rachel Jackson

“I gave up practically the whole world for you,” I tell him, walking through the front door of my own love story. “The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“It doesn't matter what it is that leaves a hole inside you. It just matters that it’s there.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

“I have loved before, but it didn’t feel like this.
I have kissed before, but it didn’t burn me alive.
Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it’s an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that, even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever.”
― Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home

“For the most part, "naturals" are myths. People who are especially good at something may have some innate inclination, or some particular talent, but they have also spent about ten thousand hours practicing or doing that thing.”
― Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now