Maskaabun

“You always think "one day", don't you, and then you realize, you've reached the point when you've reached the point when you've run out of them.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

“I never used to be like this, and if you're not in charge of the inside of your own head, what are you in charge of?

Miss Ambrose says that it doesn't just happen to old people.

Perhaps there are times when life is so unbearably miserable, but the only part of you that can run away from it and leave, is your mind.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

“When everything else is collapsing, you throw yourself into the only thing you know you can control, the only place you feel you know what you're doing. Everything else hurts so much.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“Grief and anger can reprogram a brain like chemicals and drugs do. Maybe there's a time bomb inside some people's heads the whole time, just waiting for a switch to be thrown.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You