Portia

“There was, Alicia realized, a single hour that all the days since your birth pointed you toward. What you thought was a maze of choices, all the possibilities of what your life might become, was, in fact, a series of steps you took along a road, and when you reached your destination and looked back, only one path—the one chosen for you—was visible.”
― Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors

“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.”
― Max Ehrmann

“Do you really feel that out of place, that lonely? Because I feel that lonely, too. Sometimes I feel like I’m just watching my daily life play out on a giant projection screen, while I’m living my real life in my head, or something. I don’t know. If I was in a room with a thousand people, I’d still feel alone.”
― Nick Miller, Isn't It Pretty To Think So?

“Maybe the way back will somehow make sense of the coming.”
― Claire Keegan, Foster