Violet Perry (Just a Bookish Blog)

“How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn't trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Maybe it took the ugly things--the ashes, the scraps, the dirt--to grow the beautiful things.”
― Grace A. Johnson, Prisoner at Heart

“If 'I love you' was a promise
Would you break it if you're honest?”
― Billie Eilish

“We forget sometimes that parents--even uncles--have lives of their own. Worlds of their own. Sides of themselves we never see and never dream are there. Even when someone describes those lives to us, we can't believe them. We know better.”
― Julianna Deering, Rules of Murder