Amber

“But if you cannot change your situation, then you have no choice. You can only change how you think about it.”
― Jojo Moyes, Someone Else's Shoes

“There was still beauty in this world, even if some days it took every bit of strength and obstinacy to find it.”
― Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars

“And it was easier and safer to stay in a bad situation than to take responsibility for getting out. Maybe, maybe. I don’t know. I tell myself that I want to live a happy life, and that the circumstances for happiness just haven’t arisen. But what if that’s not true? What if I’m the one who can’t let myself be happy? Because I’m scared, or I prefer to wallow in self-pity, or I don’t believe I deserve good things, or some other reason. Whenever something good happens to me I always find myself thinking: I wonder how long it will be until this turns out badly. And I almost want the worst to happen sooner, sooner rather than later, and if possible straight away, so at least I don’t have to feel anxious about it anymore.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“That was the problem with love. It was hard to unlearn, no matter how harsh the lesson.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent