Jo

“Armageddon was a fire in the harbor, a box delivered on a cold day. It wasn't one great tragedy, but ten million tiny ones, and everyone faced theirs alone.”
― Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

“We can't change the past...We can only change the way we feel about it, and the way it affects our future.”
― Clare Mackintosh, Let Me Lie

“I love you so much, sweetheart. So, so much. And it's in part because of things like that. You're an idealist and a romantic, and you have a beautiful soul. And I wish the world was ready to be the way you see it. I wish that the rest of the people on earth with us were capable of living up to your expectations. But they aren't. The world is ugly, and no one wants to give anyone the benefit of the doubt about anything. When we lose our work and our reputations, when we lose our friends and, eventually, what money we have, we will be destitute. I've lived that life before. And I cannot let it happen to you. I will do whatever I can to prevent you from living that way. Do you hear me? I love you too much to let you live only for me.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“The group was led by a very thin man whom the sheep didn't know. They looked hard at him. The leader of the flock is always important.”
― Leonie Swann, Three Bags Full