Kelly

“It’s only important that you remember that behind every disease is a person. Remember that and you have everything you need to travel through my country.”
― Simon Fitzmaurice, It's Not Yet Dark

“So what do I do? What do we do? How do we move forward when we are tired and afraid? What do we do when the voice in our head is yelling that WE ARE NEVER GONNA MAKE IT? How do we drag ourselves through the muck when our brain is telling us youaredumbandyouwillneverfinishandnoonecaresanditistimeyoustop? Well, the first thing we do is take our brain out and put it in a drawer. Stick it somewhere and let it tantrum until it wears itself out. You may still hear the brain and all the shitty things it is saying to you, but it will be muffled, and just the fact that it is not in your head anymore will make things seem clearer.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

“one of the simplest pleasures I know is to sit and eat with a book beside me, devouring words as I devour food.”
― Nina Sankovitch, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading