Hemalatha

“You can’t choose who another person is, but you can choose who you want to associate with. You can choose who you want to befriend, who you want to date, who you want to work for. You can’t control others, but you can control your choices and responses to them. It’s far easier to choose kind people than to choose an unkind person and try to change them into a kind person.”
― Emily Maroutian, In Case Nobody Told You: Passages of Wisdom and Encouragement

“Comedy is hard work. People expect you to be funny 24/7. So if you're not constantly cracking up your friends, it can hurt you professionally. They may not read your book or come to your show. 'She's a comedian? She's not that funny!' It's unfair 'cause when cardio surgeon friends say they cut chests open and hold hearts in their hands, everyone just takes their word for it.”
― Judy Balan

“You don’t want to be stuck forcing something that won’t happen. You’ll waste your time, energy, and health on something that simply isn’t meant for you. It’s okay to move on. It’s imperative that you move on. If you don’t, you’ll prevent even better things from coming into your life. Not everything we want or strive for is meant to work out. Sometimes it’s meant to teach us a valuable skill or lesson so we can use it somewhere else. Some experiences are only for growth purposes.”
― Emily Maroutian, In Case Nobody Told You: Passages of Wisdom and Encouragement

“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park