Alexis Williams

“They take in the full experience of great loves and great tragedies without backing down or crouching into some sort of defensive stance. If life is going to punch them in the face, they stick their chins out and savor the moment. That is living life to the fullest.”
― Harlan Coben, Don't Let Go

“He just—he takes it all on the chin sometimes. Emotionally, I mean. I think his therapist calls it ‘empathic,’ I dunno. It’s hard on him, even looking at the news—whatever bad news is going on that day. It’s a burden. Wears him down.”
― Chuck Wendig, The Book of Accidents

“That terrible awareness that life could twist on you in a blink wasn’t something a person could forget.”
― Jess Lourey, The Quarry Girls

“The theory states that time passes faster when we are in a set routine, when we aren’t learning anything new, when we stay stuck in a life pattern. The key to making time slow down is to have new experiences. You may joke that the week you went on vacation flew by far too quickly, but if you stop and think about it, that week actually seemed to last much longer than one involving the drudgery of your day job. You are complaining about it going away so fast because you loved it, not because it felt as though time was passing faster. If you want to slow down time, this theory holds: If you want to make the days last, do something different. Travel to exotic locales. Take a class.”
― Harlan Coben, Don't Let Go