Sam

“Look at that chessboard we put back in place,’ said Mrs Elm softly. ‘Look at how ordered and safe and peaceful it looks now, before a game starts. It’s a beautiful thing. But it is boring. It is dead. And yet the moment you make a move on that board, things change. Things begin to get more chaotic. And that chaos builds with every single move you make.’

‘It’s an easy game to play,’ she told Nora. ‘But a hard one to master. Every move you make opens a whole new world of possibilities...In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything. Every hope, every dream, every regret, every moment of living...never underestimate the big importance of small things.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Äiti kertoi hänelle vanhasta loitsusta, se oli kalastajien legenda, jonka hän oli kuullut pikkutyttönä rannalla. Kun joku kadotti suuntansa elämässä ja tunsi kuoleman vaanivan sieluaan, legenda kertoi, että jos hän löysi puhtaan sielun joka uhrautuisi hänen puolestaan, hän voisi naamioida mustan sydämensä sillä eikä kuolema huomaisi häntä vaan kulkisi ohi.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

“My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?'

He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you.

But he said, 'Because I feel sorry for you.'

'Why?'

'Because every morning you have to wake up and be you.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl