“Life is funny isn’t it? Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about something, and feel like you know what direction you’re heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, north is suddenly south, and east is west, and you’re lost. It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction. And that’s with following all the signposts”
― Love, Rosie
― Love, Rosie
“I’ve learned that home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling.”
― Love, Rosie
― Love, Rosie
“It's funny because when you're a child, you believe you can be anything you want to be, go wherever you want to go. There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow older and that innocence is shattered and somewhere along the way the reality of life gets in the way and you're hit by the realization that you can't be all you wanted to be, you just might have to settle for a little bit less.
Or perhaps a variation of what you once wanted.
Why do we stop believing in ourselves? Why do we let facts and figures and anything but dreams rule our lives?”
― Love, Rosie
Or perhaps a variation of what you once wanted.
Why do we stop believing in ourselves? Why do we let facts and figures and anything but dreams rule our lives?”
― Love, Rosie
“The most terrible things men do, they do in the name of love."— Madame Dorothea”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“No you don't", she answers, and she is right. She can see it in my face- I understand now that I can't be her and she can't be me. Maybe Whitman had a gift I don't have. But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. The only wounded man I can be is me.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
Monique’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Monique’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Monique
Lists liked by Monique









