Alison Petersen

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
― Edith Wharton

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
― Emily Dickinson