Paula

“My heart will still ache sometimes. Maybe more often than not. I think it's possible to be healed without feeling whole.”
― Monica Hesse, Girl in the Blue Coat

“His heart was simply to big for his body.”
― Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty

“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”
― Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty

“Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself. My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Tara Westover, Educated