Alina

“Even when it was unfair and heartbreaking, dark and full of the unknown, life was still worth living.
Because rewards could be found among the chores. Little pieces of enjoyment that would come to mean something. Darkness always gave way to the light if given time, and while some heartbreaks may never completely heal, living allowed there to be space for new sources of happiness and pleasure.
Life was worth living even when it was full of unfairness and injustice. When the heart felt light and when the chest was too tight to breathe.
Because death was final.
The absence of choice.
And life was a collection of new beginnings.
Full of unending choices.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Fire in the Flesh

“Isn’t that the heart of desire? No one wants to fuck what they don’t fear, because then there’s no validation from it, no power derived.”
― Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

“Data driven" is something that people with power say to justify decisions they would have made without the data.”
― C.J. Farley, Who Knows You by Heart

“Caffeine is not a food supplement. Rather, caffeine is the most widely used (and abused) psychoactive stimulant in the world.”
― Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams