Kristin

“Raging against it, or despairing, would not change anything. The past does not imprison us. We may offer ourselves up as its captives, but equally, we can choose to open the cell door and walk free. Even if it's locked, the key is nearby, because we keep it with us always. It's just a matter of finding the right pocket.”
― John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things

“You have to love not one dog, but all dogs," he would explain to Ceres. "You only have them for a short time, you see. To them it's a lifetime, while for you it's never long enough. So you love each of them for what they are, because no two are ever the same. But you also love dogness, the fact of them in your life and the world, so they become individual chapters in a book that spans your days, and you name that book Dog.”
― John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things

“It is an error to assume those around us are not as significant as ourselves, or that their fears, aspirations, and desires are not as worthy of attention as our own. This is how our best-laid plans may be undermined, because they are based on a premise that is false from the start: I am important, other people less so, and everyone involved accepts this version of affairs.”
― John Connolly, The Land of Lost Things