Julie

“But we can control ourselves—right now, in this moment. That’s something. Maybe it’s everything.”
― Therese Walsh, The Moon Sisters

“When I was small and easily wounded, books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book, they somehow mattered less. My corporeal life was slight; the dazzling one in my head was what really mattered. Returning to books was coming home.”
― Lauren Groff, The Monsters of Templeton

“She could have made different choices, but all that mattered were the ones she’d made.”
― Leah Stewart, The History of Us: A Novel

“Love is hard to find and easy to lose, same as anything small and precious.”
― Kristina Riggle, The Whole Golden World