Cate

“There are mysteries that may never be solved, no matter how hard we try. And if we spend too long trying to solve them, we may miss what’s right in front of us.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“[T]hey also taught me contentment with what you have is a treasure that never runs out.”
― Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells

“This one year also confirmed my long-held belief in the traditional model of foreign correspondence, in the benefit - the necessity - of living in a place, if only for a year or two, in order to really understand it. You cannot fully comprehend the reasons behind an eruption of violence, an uprising, without having understood its root causes. You must know every one of a country's opposing voices to truly reflect the tension between them. You must know something of the people's daily challenge before you could credibly speak to their frustrations.”
― Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells

“She had a fire insider her.
She wondered if the fire was to warm her or destroy her.
The she realised.
A fire has no motive.
Only she could have that.
The power was hers.”
― Matt Haig