Dasha Slepenkina

“When I listened to her, I understood: You have to hold out to see how your life unfolds, because it is most likely beyond what you can imagine. It is not a question of if you will survive this, but what beautiful things await you when you do. I had to believe her, because she was living proof. Then she said, Good and bad things come from the universe holding hands. Wait for the good to come.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name

“We write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves.”
― Andrea Barrett

“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket

“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love