Dylan

“while rock bottom feels like the end—it’s always the beginning of something. I knew that this was the moment I’d either relapse with a couple shots of self-pity and resignation, or I’d double down on my racial sobriety and carry on. I told myself: Breathe. Don’t panic and flee. Sink. Feel it all. Be Still. Imagine. Let it burn.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Hiraeth: homesickness for something that never was and never could be.”
― Margarita Montimore, Oona Out of Order

“The price of greatness…is responsibility.’ ” The words resonated for Langdon, who often feared the human race would not be responsible enough to wield the intoxicating tools it was now inventing.”
― Dan Brown, Origin

“Peregrine put his palms on the table. He said Paris, Martha. “Please go to Paris.” “Why?” “Because when suffering is unavoidable, the only thing one gets to choose is the backdrop. Crying one’s eyes out beside the Seine is vastly better than crying one’s eyes out while traipsing around Hammersmith.”
― Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss