Connor

“...studies show that in general, optimists die ten years earlier than pessimists."
"I find that hard to believe"
"Of course you do, you're an optimist. You have a misguided belief that things will go your way. You don't see the dangers till it's too late. Pessimists are more realistic.
"That seems like a sad way to govern your life."
"It's a safe way to govern your life.”
― Susin Nielsen, Optimists Die First

“They did not have problems. They had been perfectly, utterly happy.
Hadn't they?”
― Susin Nielsen, Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept from this oath.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows