Madhuri (Mads)

“I suspect that God’s plan, whatever it is, works on a scale too large to admit our mortal tribulations; that in a single lifetime, accidents and happenstance determine more than we care to admit; and that the best we can do is to try to align ourselves with what we feel is right and construct some meaning out of our confusion, and with grace and nerve play at each moment the hand that we’re dealt.”
― Barack Obama, A Promised Land

“Anger is not a graceful emotion. I've never gotten mad and been like, "I'm glad I behaved like that!" I feel weird about it every time.”
― Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

“My dad once told me it’s best to think of each story as a journey. Each sentence, even each word, is a step toward your destination, and you have to be careful where you step as a storyteller because the people are stepping after you. You want to make sure they’re going where you want them to go, because you’re carving a path together.”
― Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

“Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That's how you get to the good parts”
― Molly Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea