Lindsay Deull

“Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” He says, “Not in years. But today. Today maybe I did.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Maybe just being alive, and having someone to love who loved you back, was enough.”
― Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors

“A lot of life, Michael had learned, came down to trying to fix things that weren’t fixable.”
― Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors

“It’s not a person you wish to fight, Madame, it’s a system. How do you fight a system?” “You try.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See