Mythreyi Ramesh

“Then are we not to see the merry young hobbits again?" said Legolas.
"I did not say so," said Gandalf. "Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!”
― JRR Tolkien

“This boy needed someone to love him. And she could do
that. That would be a very easy thing for her to do.
She pulled him close to her, as close as she could, as
close as she’d held her own babies the days they were
born. She held him tight and she put her cheek to his head
and she could feel him start to calm. And then, even before
he was silent, June had already made up her mind.
“I will love you,” June told him. And she did.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“When we have a clear goal in mind, we think we are struggling to reach a summit. But there is no summit. When we get there, we realize we have just climbed a foothill, and there is an endless series of mountains ahead still to be climbed.”
― Venki Ramakrishnan, Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

“Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising