Mark

“The prospective jumper doesn't realise. He's wrapped up in himself and what he intends to do. But, then, somebody stops. And they don't really know what they are doing. They're not a trained negotiator or counsellor. But they have been a human being for their entire life.”
― Will Carver, Nothing Important Happened Today

“We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

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

“It all points to the fact that my identity isn’t binary.

It’s multifaceted.

And maybe I can let go of the sting and resentment of the path not taken, because the path not taken isn’t just the inverse of who I am. It’s an infinitely branching system that represents all the permutations of my life between the extremes of me[.]”
― Blake Crouch, Dark Matter