Laura Durham

“As an old saying goes, We are always comparing our insides to other people’s outsides.”
― Robert Waldinger, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

“What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling.
This wasn't a totally new idea to me. I'd already spent 14 years writing a fantasy novel without a single sword-fight, goblin army, or looming apocalypse. I had specifically avoided having a god-lion tortured to death, or farm boys straight-up murk any tyrants or mad wizards. Nobody destroyed anything in a volcano thereby ruining magic forever and making all the elves sad enough to fuck off forever out of the world.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires

“The amount of time you spent together probably matters, but less time doesn’t mean less love. Whether it’s a day or year, human or cat, and even if we may never see them again, there are those who are irreplaceable in our lives.”
― Syou Ishida, We'll Prescribe You a Cat

“Some have a tender love for nature’s wild. Some are drawn to mortal hearth and home. Some find a secret place and stay, while others cannot help but roam.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires