Natalie

“Reading should be a pleasure and a joy, an education and a promise, a release and an escape. The books you choose for yourself should never, ever feel like a punishment or a chore.”
― Stephanie Butland, Found in a Bookshop

“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

“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

“The universe is what we make of it. It’s up to you to decide what part you will play.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet