Frances Pauline

“At the beginning of a game, there are no variations. There is only one way to set up a board. There are nine million variations after the first six moves. And after eight moves there are two hundred and eighty-eight billion different positions. And those possibilities keep growing. There are more possible ways to play a game of chess than the amount of atoms in the observable universe. So it gets very messy. And there is no right way to play; there are many ways. In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything. Every hope, every dream, every regret, every moment of living.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Where I am is not a prison but a privilege, as Aunt Lydia said, who is in love with either/or.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“I try not to think too much. Like other things now, thought must be rationed. There's a lot that doesn't bear thinking about. Thinking can hurt your chances, and I intend to last.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale