Autumn

“The thought of being whoever I want is a terrifying thing, because I have only ever been who everyone has wanted me to be.”
― Dianna Hardy, Saving Eve

“She had forced herself to learn to read – picked up bits and pieces, here and there, from the very few teachers who had been patient with her; from looking at words while out and about; from television, and from friends. And to avoid the shouting and drug-induced moaning, and the row of male visitors her mum would entertain, she would barricade herself in her room – there'd been no lock – and lose herself in books.”
― Dianna Hardy, Broken Lights

“Was it really that simple? Choosing a life? ...
Maybe you don't fall in love. Maybe you jump.
Maybe, just maybe, it's all a choice.
(Josh Matteson)”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

“I'd rather live like a beggar in my own country, than like a king in a foreign land.”
― R.L. Bartram, Dance the Moon Down