Gina

“Lass dich von deinem inneren Schweinehund nicht unterkriegen! Natürlich gibt es auch bei uns Profisportlern ab und zu Situationen, in denen wir uns schwertun. In denen man Ängste und Zweifel hat. Mir hilft dann immer der Gedanke an das Gefühl, zu gewinnen. Mit der Mannschaft. Oder auch mal im Kampf mit sich selbst. Das fühlt sich so gut an! Diesen Kampf anzunehmen, lohnt sich immer.”
― Thomas Müller

“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Überhaupt hatte ich das Gefühl, ein Paar neue Augen verpasst bekommen zu haben. Weil, ich musste die Jahre davor ja blind gewesen sein. Natürlich hatte ich gewusst, dass Mütter sterben und Freundschaften zerbrechen, aber ich hatte diese Dinge nie richtig gesehen. Nun sah ich die Selbstzweifel meines Dads, wenn er Stellenanzeigen durchging. Und ich sah die Angst meiner Mom, wenn sie mich mit einem Lächeln trösten wollte. Und keine Ahnung, ob das wirklich besser war.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land

“Love is.... it's bringing an umbrella when rain is forecasted, but, like not for you. It's serenading someone off-key in the kitchen while they chop red peppers lenghtwise because they know you like them better that way. It's pulling the car in backward at night because your parner gets edgy when they have to back into morning traffic. It's buying moisturizer in bulk because one time they mentioned they liked the scent.
It's noticing things.Seeing parts of them even they might not know exist because you've been studying them since the moment you first laid eyes on them. It's memorizing their phone number even if you have it programmed because God forbid you ever lost your contacts. It's reading their mood by the song blaring through their headphones. It's experiencing something so extraordinary you can't tell if it was just that mind-blowing or if it's only because they were there with you that you were so affected by it.”
― Erin Hahn, More Than Maybe