Kristen

“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Did I ever tell you the moment I realized I was in love with you?' [...] 'It was when you came and met me at school one afternoon. It had been raining. And of course, I hadn't brought an umbrella, even though I'm sure my mother had warned me to. But then there you were. Waiting for me with an umbrella in your hand. Despite the fact that you were so often absent-minded when it came to yourself, you knew me well enough to know I wouldn't have brought one. You were the first person apart from my family to care for me like that. [...] I thought to myself, This is someone who will do this for me for the rest of our lives. And I could see all the umbrellas you would bring me, a line of them stretching into infinity, the skin of your palm on their handles becoming more creased over time, your hair turning thinner and grayer.”
― Karissa Chen, Homeseeking

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. —SØREN KIERKEGAARD”
― Blake Crouch, Recursion

“Vincent Van Gogh wrote: 'I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends