Rachel Jackson

“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

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

“If you’re not scared then you’re not taking a chance. If you’re not taking a chance then what the hell are you doing anyway?”
― Ted Mosby

“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