Rachael

“world has spent thousands of years practicing how to puncture the lungs of children who are different.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“That's one of the central problems of history, isn't it, sir? The question of subjective versus objective interpretation, the fact that we need to know the history of the historian in order to understand the version that is being put in front of us.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.”
― Chinua Achebe

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth