Summer

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“The magic is not in the ceremony of pouring the tea or the sharing of the cup. It is in the connection, the brief joining of souls. The tea leaves are a channel, the ingredients the signposts.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“There is a difference between living the suffering and reading about it.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Magic Steeped in Poison

“Never forget, she told us. The world began with a dream. Our lives are the same. Keep dreaming, my daughters. The world is greater than you know.”
― Judy I. Lin, A Venom Dark and Sweet