Hazel

“I
Like
The Way
That when you
Tilt
Poems
On their side
They
Look like
Miniature
Cities
From
A long way
Away.
Skyscrapers
Made out
Of
Words.”
― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

“And while God could control anything and everything, he had given his creation the freedom to choose. God could intervene, but then he’d be no more than a master puppeteer. A puppet couldn’t love back. And that was what God asked. His children had to choose whether they’d love him enough to obey or whether they’d go the other way. I had to accept that God gave everyone the same freedom. I”
― Ginny Aiken, Design on a Crime

“I think it’s always good when people can understand each other better,” Gwyneira disagreed. “Why should it be the primitives who learn the civilized language? It must be much easier the other way around.”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“In this life, you can't ever go backwards. you can choose to stay still, to tread water, but that's not for me. So the only way is forward, whatever it might bring. However strong you think you are, you can never know what's coming at you out of a clear blue sky.”
― Jordan Wylie