Astrid

“Ce qu'on ne transmet pas, ça se perd, c'est tout. Tu viens d'ici mais ce n'est pas chez toi.”
― Alice Zeniter, L'Art de perdre

“The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life. Once the lava slows and cools, it solidifies and then breaks down over time to become soil - rich, fertile soil.
She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.
She could plant a forest inside herself.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden