Ashlee Braun

“life can be so fucking cruel and hard, and I’ve wanted to quit living it so many times, but then moments like these remind me that happiness isn’t some permanent thing we’re all trying to achieve in life, it’s merely a thing that shows up every now and then, sometimes in tiny doses that are just substantial enough to keep us going.”
― Colleen Hoover, Reminders of Him

“A purpose, I have learned, is rarely found, but revealed. Only when I do not search does the purpose become clear.”
― Robert Dugoni, The World Played Chess

“Helen didn’t see the woman who was actually sitting in front of her; instead, when forced to spend time with her daughter, Helen simply pretended Ruth was the person Helen wanted her to be.”
― Samantha Greene Woodruff, The Lobotomist's Wife

“We all needed that selfless person, someone willing to jump into our own darkness and drag us out of it—even when they get nothing in return.”
― Boo Walker, An Unfinished Story