Shelly

“When one lives in a state of constant vigilance, if something actually goes wrong: Forget about it. Full panic. Fifteen to a hundred in two seconds flat. Kids two minutes late? Everyone is dead. Sister doesn’t text me back within thirty seconds? Definitely dead. Dog coughs? Almost dead.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living

“sometimes I think our entire lives are dreams that we finally understand only when they are about to end.”
― Diane Armstrong, The Wild Date Palm

“And they listened with hearts instead of ears,”
― Sarah Winman, Still Life

“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry