Natalie

“The truth is, Rosemary, that you are capable of anything. Good or bad. You always have been, and you always will be. Given the right push, you, too, could do horrible things. That darkness exists within all of us.”
― Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

“To a book lover, a bookshop is not a place in the world, but a world in itself.”
― Stephanie Butland, Found in a Bookshop

“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