Last Call at the Local (Love, Lists & Fancy Ships, #3)

by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

And to you, dear reader. You deserve every good thing, even when you’re having dark thoughts. You deserve to be happy, even when you aren’t well.

Just because something’s hard doesn’t mean it’s better.”

When I see homes like this—imperfect but clearly loved—it makes my chest ache. I want to have a place like this. Somewhere to belong. A place that’s mine, where I can be myself with people who understand me and like me just the way I am. People who don’t wish I was someone else.

“Aithníonn ciaróg, ciaróg eile,” he says. “It’s an Irish proverb. Roughly translated, it means, One beetle recognizes another.”

What if I keep trying and all that happens is I keep failing?” “Then you’ll fail knowing you gave it your all. You won’t wonder what could’ve been if you’d just been a little braver. Don’t give up something you love just because it’s difficult.