Joanne Laforteza

“The more you lose, the more you realize you don't have much left.”
― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae

“Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“People don’t see things and hear things as objectively as they might think. The visual and auditory information that enters the mind is distorted by experiences, thoughts, circumstances, wild fancies, prejudices, preferences, knowledge, awareness, and countless other workings of the mind.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“The universe was here before you, and it will go on after you. The only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance.”
― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae