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“You can't change the past. You can't change other people. You can change you though. You narrate this story. So start to write a new chapter.”
― Matt Haig, The Comfort Book

“Everybody is connected. And any one of their connections could be the start of a network that branches in many directions. If you wait for the right time to make connections, it might never happen, but if you show your face around, talk to people and see enough to give you the confidence that things could work out, then ‘one day’ might turn into ‘tomorrow.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“Why did the Curator do it so rong, making the groop with the gratest skils the meenest?”
― George Saunders, Fox 8

“Before long, he caught a hold of himself and concluded that nothing ever did happen again; to each was given days and chances which wouldn’t come back around. And wasn’t it sweet to be where you were and let it remind you of the past for once, despite the upset, instead of always looking on into the mechanics of the days and the trouble ahead, which might never come.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

“A memory for details, Elena knows, is only for the brave, and being cowardly or brave is not something one can choose.”
― Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows

“Dr August, there is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd. He may nod, and smile, and say the right thing, but even by this pretence his soul is pushed further away from the kinship of men.”
― Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

“A person whose default is negative isn’t capable of discovering the moments of happiness in daily life.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“The more I got to thinking, I realized I couldn’t end my life so easily. If I did, I would have left this world only using the luck that the previous generation saved for us. Who knows how many years I have left, but I have to devote the rest of my life to saving luck for the next generation.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“Not every girl has a rape story. But almost every girl has an “I’m not sure, I didn’t like it, but I can’t quite call it rape” story.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much. To stop writing would kill me.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface