Kristy

“They said we should ask ourselves, when the thoughts get weird, is it true? Is the thought true?” “Then what?” “Ask what happens when you believe that thought. Then ask who you would be without the thought. The thoughts, the stories and narratives … they’re lies. But we live every moment as if they’re true.”
― John Kenney, I See You've Called in Dead

“sometimes you don’t appreciate your own blessings until you see the envy in someone else.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“All children are born with wings,” she had whispered. “It’s just that the world is full of people who try to tear them off. Unfortunately they succeed with almost everyone, sooner or later. Only a few children escape. But those children? They rise up to the skies!” The janitor had grown up feeling lost and different, rejected at school, never normal like other children. But his mom always reminded him: “You feel strange because you still have your wings, rubbing beneath your skin. You think you’re alone, but there are others like you, people who stand in front of white walls and blank paper and only see magical things. One day one of them will recognize you and call out: ‘You’re one of us!’ And then you won’t feel lost anymore. You’ll realize that you’ve always been able to speak a secret language,”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“That’s what no one ever tells you. You can look around with your own eyes. You can find your own details. Notice for yourself what matters—and decide what it means.”
― Katherine Center, The Love Haters