SHOMPA

“if the world has not prepared a place for you, you must take up a hammer and chisel and carve one out for yourself.”
― A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

“Take a moment to enjoy where you are rather than always racing to get to the next exciting thing.”
― Sophie Cousens, The Good Part

“But life cannot be experienced one emotion at a time. It is a tapestry of sensation, a braided rope of feeling. We must allow for reflection even when we suffer. We must reach for compassion even when we triumph. If you spend your days waiting for your sorrows to end so that you might finally live” – he shook his head – “you will die an impatient man.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“How in the hell in anybody supposed to help you if you won't ask?" Because asking is dangerous, I could tell her. Because to ask is to hope that someone answers, and it hurts so bad when nobody does.”
― Alix E. Harrow, Starling House