Katie Kretz

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Book cover for History Is All You Left Me
People are complicated puzzles, always trying to piece together a complete picture, but sometimes we get it wrong and sometimes we’re left unfinished. Sometimes that’s for the best. Some pieces can’t be forced into a puzzle, or at least ...more
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“You have to care about your work but not about the result. You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.”
Amy Poehler, Yes Please

Cynthia Hand
“This is going to sound trite, I suppose, but you never know when it’s going to be the last time. That you hug someone. That you kiss. That you say goodbye.”
Cynthia Hand, The Last Time We Say Goodbye

“Change is the only constant. Your ability to navigate and tolerate change and its painful uncomfortableness directly correlates to your happiness and general well-being.”
amy poehler
tags: truth

Cynthia Hand
“But here's the thing, that futuristic society where everybody is drugged to be happy all the time no matter what happens, it's horrible, monstrous even. It's like the end of humanity, because we are supposed to feel things.”
Cynthia Hand, The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Gayle Forman
“She says this like people are constantly knocking down our door for a nice, dry, warm place to stay, when, in fact, we are the strays.”
Gayle Forman, I Was Here

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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put bac ...more
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