Elizabeth

“He thought it might be the most intimate thing possible, to fall asleep next to someone in the afternoon.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins

“He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins

“He was part of a ruined generation of young men coddled by their parents -by their mothers especially- raised on unearned self-esteem, in a bubble of overaffection, in a sad incubator of phony achievement.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins

“...when I've practiced acceptance, when I've floated instead of fought, when I've rested, even for a moment, on the surface instead of wrestling the water itself. And those moments are like heaven.”
― Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way