Alex

“Survival is insufficient.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“She told me later that her parents had told her to steer clear of me at school.
"My mum said that nobody really knew where you came from. And that you might be dangerous." "Why didn't you listen to her?" I asked.
"Because nobody knew where you came from, Simon! And you might be dangerous!"
"You have the worst survival instincts."
"Also, I felt sorry for you," she said. "You were holding your wand backwards.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?”
― T.S. Eliot

“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
― Tony Robbins