I imagine my mother saying from wherever she is now to take every strange adventure life presents to experience the world, not shy away from it.
“You feel like you stopped living when he went missing. You feel like the rest of your days are killing time until it’s time to die.”
― One True Loves
― One True Loves
“If you do not believe in evil, you are doomed to live in a world you will never understand.”
― The World That We Knew
― The World That We Knew
“That’s the thing with fear—conquer it, and you find freedom.”
― The Upside of Falling Down
― The Upside of Falling Down
“You start to understand that grief is chronic. That it’s more about remission and relapse than it is about a cure. What that means to you is that you can’t simply wait for it to be over. You have to move through it, like swimming in an undertow.”
― One True Loves
― One True Loves
“What shapes us is not always our achievements but our omissions. Not lies; simply the truths we don’t tell.”
― The Chalk Man
― The Chalk Man
Ellen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ellen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Ellen
Lists liked by Ellen


































