Beth J Shaffer

“Joint pain was like grief. The more you thought about it, the more it hurt, but you couldn’t not think about it because it bloody hurt. Vicious circle.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

“Let it go. Remember it as a happy time. You were at the top of the mountain, and now you’re in a valley. It will happen to you a number of times.” “So what do I do now?” “You climb the next mountain, of course.”
― Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice

“People say that love is rare. I am not so sure. What is rare is something even more desirable. Understanding. There is no point in being loved if you are not understood. They are simply loving an idea of you they have in their mind. They are in love with love. They are in love with their loving. To be understood. And not only that, but to be understood and appreciated once understood. That”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

“Find who’s fun and smart and safe, and stick with them.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is