Aureous

“When she doesn’t like the reality of things, she finds a reality she prefers.”
― Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

“To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back—I know you won’t hurt me, even though you can. It is the dog putting its mouth around your hand and never biting down. To play requires trust and love.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“she did not understand that to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“A truly magnificent thing about the way the brain was coded, Sam thought, was that it could say “Excuse me” while meaning “Screw you.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow