“Everybody dies. But not everybody lives.”
― The Sound of Glass
― The Sound of Glass
“The weight of fear goes away as soon as we face our monsters and realize they weren’t as scary as we thought.”
― The Sound of Glass
― The Sound of Glass
“Hollowness: that I understand. I’m starting to believe that there isn’t anything you can do to fix it. That’s what I’ve taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“The friends you meet over forty are really juicy. They are highly emulsified and full of flavor. Now that you’re starting to have a sense of who you are, you know better what kind of friend you want and need.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing. That is what I know.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
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