Susan

“I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”
― Oscar Wilde

“And that's the last time we will ever speak, probably. 'No problem': the last words I will ever say to somebody I have been reasonably close to before our lives take different directions. Weird, eh? You spend Christmas at somebody's house, you worry about their operations, you give them hugs and kisses and flowers, you see them in their dressing gown...and then, bang, that's it. Gone forever. And sooner or later there will be another mum, another Christmas, more varicose veins.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
― James Sherman

“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner