‘All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.’ – VIET THANH NGUYEN
“King said.’ She was referring to one of her favorite quotes: If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. ‘But,”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“And I will ask my students what they would do, if they were not afraid. And I will listen to what they say. And I will remind them, with compassion, that the real failure is to not try.”
― Notes to Self
― Notes to Self
“But as people say – are you gonna curse the darkness or light a candle? So let me ask you again: what are you going to do about it?”
― I Am Pilgrim
― I Am Pilgrim
“Sometime—she didn’t know when—she closed her eyes and reached out, placing a hand in the hollow of his stomach, feeling it rise and fall with his breathing. It was like resting her hand on the ocean in summer, when the tide was coming in.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“But my mental health, it turns out, is my responsibility. I probably don’t need to tell you that, but I did need to tell myself. And once I realised that, I wondered why I would ever leave it in the hands of strangers to decide my value.”
― Notes to Self
― Notes to Self
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