Caitlin H

“Oh it was meant to be. It just wasn't meant to last.”
― Kate McGahan

“Every single one wants to matter. We want our lives, and our stories and the choices we made or didn’t make to matter.”
― Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

“People can do terrible things when they feel safe and powerful.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“It reminds us that as ordinary as we might be, we can, if we choose, take the harder road, walk forth bravely under the indifferent stars. We can hazard the ravages of chance. We can choose to endure what seems unendurable, and thereby open up the possibility of prevailing. We can awaken to the world as it is, and, seeing it with eyes wide open, we can nevertheless embrace hope rather than despair.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party