Paola

“Every once in a while she'll get worked up and cry like that. But that's ok. She's letting her feelings out. The scary thing is not being able to do that. Then your feelings build up and harden and die inside. That's when you're in big trouble.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“One by one she slew her fears, and then planted a flower garden over their graves.”
― John Mark Green

“Do not judge a woman on her knees: you never know how tall she is when she stands.”
― Mie Hansson, Where Pain Thrives

“She had spent so much time worrying that accepting love, becoming part of all the love stories, would trap her in some way, change her into someone weak, someone she did not want to be. But she realized now that she had been narrow - minded, considering a love story as a lesser story, a story that might make her lesser to be part of. She had always thought she needed to be in control, but now she found she did not want to put any limits on herself at all.”
― Sarah Rees brennan, Unmade