Ava Shannon

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

“Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief