Sandra

“Thanks in great part to twenty-four-hour cable news and social media. modern politics pits us against one another. It forces us to choose a side and has convinced us our side is right and the other side is wrong. If you don't agree with me, you are my enemy. There is no room for compromise.

That's unfortunate. Because most of the great accomplishments of the world have not been made by people who were certain. The accomplishments have come about as a result of people who had doubts. 'I don't know if this is going to work. I don't know how to solve this problem.' And then they work on it.”
― Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life

“Boats that stay in the harbor are safe, sweetheart, but that's not what boats were built for.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky. Better that than firewood, cut down just to burn in someone else’s hearth.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“The world as it is is enough.”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land