Lizzie

“The things we do to avoid difficult things are often worse than the difficult thing.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Last Night

“That’s not a particularly useful measure of your enemies, motive. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that harm done with explicit conscious intention of doing another person harm accounts for about two per cent of all harm inflicted. That descriptor pretty much only applies to dictators in banana republics, serial killers and PE teachers.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Last Night

“Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Just Last Night

“This is what I never knew about loss – it’s also about what you gain. You carry a weight that you never had before. It’s never behind you. It’s alongside you.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, Last Night