Wish You Were Here

by Jodi Picoult

There are two ways of looking at walls. Either they are built to keep

people you fear out or they are built to keep people you love in. Either way, you create a divide.

Busy is just a euphemism for being so focused on what you don’t have that you never notice what you do.

It’s a defense mechanism. Because if you stop hustling—if you pause—you start wondering why you ever thought you wanted all those things.