Jools

“You are not alone either. By all means, let us continue repeating it until one of us believes it.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“Beautiful she is, sir! Lovely! Sometimes like a great tree in flower, sometimes like a white daffadowndilly, small and slender like. Hard as di’monds, soft as moonlight. Warm as sunlight, cold as frost in the stars. Proud and far-off as a snow-mountain, and as merry as any lass I ever saw with daisies in her hair in springtime.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“His fingers touched the strings and all my thoughts were displaced. The sound was pure and sweet as water, bright as lemons. It was like no music I had ever heard before. It had warmth as a fire does, a texture and weight like polished ivory. It buoyed and soothed at once.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Relax, Victor. Going around in a sulk will get you nowhere. Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional.”
― Isabel Allende, A Long Petal of the Sea