Constance

“Tomorrow can be whatever I want it to be, which means for the first time in decades, I can look forward to it. Instead of being something to fear, it can be a promise I make myself. A chance to be braver or kinder, to make what was wrong right. To be better than I am today.
Every day after this one is a gift.”
― Stuart Turton

“It’s the small things that keep a marriage going: things that don’t cost a lot but that tell the other person you love them and don’t ask for anything in return.”
― Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

“Scratch a professor and you find a paranoiac, Barlow thought. But scratch a dean and you find a con artist.”
― Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean

“I'm talking about the rest of it too. You know. The rest. Why we do it. Why we strike a match. Why we built any lighthouses in the first place and every other thing you think on a good day might save a life. We're not the ones who decide, but we wouldn't be human if we didn't set these attempts in place. Put in as many lights as we can, while we're here. Get them shining bright. Keep them shining when the dark comes in.”
― Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters