january

“Some people, Orso supposed, can never forgive being forgiven.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Wisdom of Crowds

“The thing is, the deepest truths always sound a little trite. Because we all know them, and feel foolish being reminded.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“Wait for the real problem, Your Excellency. Don’t borrow trouble that doesn’t come to you on its own.”
― Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace

“I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places
in the world one could go and be alone. This, I think, is still true, but the
error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could
go, rather than somewhere you had to be left.”
― Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea