Summer

“I was comfortable about my own western quest. The wrong outcome, or no outcome at all, is often the only result of a journey. Walkabouts and odysseys have always been common, and we needn’t search too hard for tangible returns. Journey for journey’s sake is enough. For weeks or months of a climb or a trek, we are forced to be in the moment.”
― Rinker Buck, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

“When she realizes that they are about to fall, she summons the strength to stand on her own two feet. Because that is what women like Britt-Marie do. They find the strength when they have to do something for others.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

“How often, on this great spinning ball where we're all just struggling to lead our tiny lives, do you get to see evidence of God's grace and know, the way you know your name, that at least for a little while, maybe just a few seconds, you can stop worrying, and take a deep breath, because things are all right?”
― Natalie Baszile, Queen Sugar

“It is almost worth going away because it's so lovely coming back.”
― Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood