Lacey

“Now, I know only this for sure--the first half of life is pure selfishness; the second half, all grief.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Fury

“I often think life is just a performance. None of this is real. It's a pretense at reality, that's all. Only when someone, or something, we love dies, do we wake up from the play-and see how artificial it all is-this constructed reality we inhabit.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Fury

“In a world where you can choose anger or empathy, always choose empathy,”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game