Mariel

“Close your eyes, real tight, and then count to three hundred. That’s all you have to do. You just count to three hundred, and when you open your eyes, five minutes will have passed. And even if it hurts or things are shitty or you don’t know what to do, you just made it through five whole minutes. And when it feels like you can’t go on, you just close your eyes and do it again. That’s all you need. Just five minutes at a time.”
― Emma Mills, First & Then

“Never say no when you really want to say yes.”
― Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean

“What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Ask a child's guardians what it takes to be good at their jobs, and most will answer with a single word...
SACRIFICE.

Parents give up so much: time, sleep, freedom, money, intimacy...

pretty much everything but complaining how much they sacrifice.”
― Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 5