The Caffeinated Bookworm

“This hurts too much to touch with words.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wrong. That's why they act out, because they see the house is burning down, and they're screaming for help. That was you.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

“Ah, but that’s how life is,” Jack said. “Hindsight is twenty-twenty, they say, and they aren’t wrong. We only know the right thing to do after we’ve done the wrong one.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
― Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game