Valerie

“It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.”
― Denis Waitley

“Fathers should make you feel safe.”
― Karen Cushman, The Loud Silence of Francine Green

“Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Who says paper worlds
Are an escape from what is real?
As though the lives trapped in their binding
Are not ones that make you feel.
For sometimes our greatest lessons
Come from those with ink for skin,
Who reach beyond the page
To take our hand and pull us in.”
― Erin Hanson