My Friends

by Fredrik Backman

Typical teenagers—for a generation that seems to take offense at everything, they really are pretty hard to insult.

and that’s the worst thing about being a parent: that almost everyone does their best, but almost all fail regardless.

You can be whatever you want to in life, as long as you don’t become a critic! Not of other people, and not of yourself.

The world is full of miracles, but none greater than how far a young person can be carried by someone else’s belief in them.