Rachel

“Perhaps I’m just afraid of the uncertainty to come. When I’m moving on a journey, the ending is still unknown and possibly wonderful. But once I arrive, it’s hard to keep imagining.”
― Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days

“The merchant laughed. “Everyone wants the stars. Everyone wishes to grasp that which exists out of reach. To hold the extraordinary in their hands and keep the remarkable in their pockets.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Schwellenangst, Echo thought. The fear of starting something new.”
― Melissa Grey, The Girl at Midnight

“He tells her how he worries that none of it means anything. That none of it is important. That who he is, or who he thinks he is, is just a collection of references to other people’s art and he is so focused on story and meaning and structure that he wants his world to have all of it neatly laid out and it never, ever does and he fears it never will. He tells her things he has never told anyone.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea