Natalie

“The lies we tell ourselves are often stronger than the truth. They worm their way into our hearts and our minds until they are all we see, all we believe.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Was this how it must feel to die and return as a ghost? To see how the world moved on without you, only to find that it never even realised you were gone.”
― A.M. Shine, The Watchers

“Unhealed trauma is a crack. And all the little hard things that trickle into it that would have rolled off someone else, settle. Then when life gets cold, that crack gets bigger, longer, deeper. It makes new breaks. You don’t know how broken she was or what she was trying to do to fill those cracks. Being broken is not an excuse for bad behavior, you still have to make good choices and do the right thing. But it can be the reason. And sometimes understanding the reason can be what helps you heal.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“You know that books are safety and escape and wisdom and peace and the things that get you through.”
― Stephanie Butland, Found in a Bookshop