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“We're the voices in your head that tell you not to do it, Sebastian. When the others say 'jump,' 'stop swimming,' and 'set fire to the rope.' We're the ones that tell you not to.”
― Fredrik Backman, Sebastian and the Troll

“The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life. Once the lava slows and cools, it solidifies and then breaks down over time to become soil - rich, fertile soil.
She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.
She could plant a forest inside herself.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring the simpler truth: We are here.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“That's deep, he said with just a hint of mockery. You a psychologist?

I told him I was a writer.”
― Sigrid Nunez, What Are You Going Through