Paul

“She and Duncan had ended up together because they were the last two people to be picked for a sports team, and she felt she was better at sports than that.”
― nick hornby, Juliet, Naked

“Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die.

True courage is about facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right.”
― Robin Hobb, The Mad Ship

“Hell is the absence of the people you long for.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“Neil is wearing a coat such as I never saw in my life before: checked back and front, but plain sleeves. Perhaps it was made out of two old coats – though I hope not, as that would show him to be poor and his brother mean. And it looked rather a noisily new coat. I expect it’s just American.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle