Ruth

“Anna remembers something Licinius said: that a story is a way of stretching time.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land

“what I hope readers will take away, is that a happy life is not made up of what you have dreamed of, chased after, and achieved, but rather whom you poured your life into, who poured their life into yours, and the difference you’ve made in the lives of others. Most of the dreams we pursue don’t have intrinsic worth, but people always do.”
― Susan Meissner, Secrets of a Charmed Life

“In some ways the experience of these young men paralleled the experience of the very old. They looked back on intense memories and felt lonely because there was nobody left alive who’d been there.”
― Pat Barker, Regeneration

“A society that devours its own young deserves no automatic or unquestioning allegiance.”
― Pat Barker, Regeneration