Natalie

“She fell into a deep pool of sticky water, which eventually closed over her head. She saw nothing and heard nothing but a faint booming sound, which was the sound of the sea rolling over her head. While all her tormentors thought that she was dead, she was not dead, but curled up at the bottom of the sea.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out

“Over and over, we begin again.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“The belief that young people are incapable of making reasonable decisions is a cornerstone of our system of compulsory, closely monitored education.”
― Peter O. Gray, Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

“Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.”
― Zilpha Keatley Snyder, The Velvet Room