Julie

“Kindness isn’t a reward—it’s a gift. And it’s mine to give wherever I choose. And I choose to give it to you.”
― Ruth Hogan, The Phoenix Ballroom

“What was forgivable? Marie wondered. It seemed to her that adulthood was a series of mundane years punctuated by transgressions and apologies. If you didn’t transgress, you died of boredom.”
― Megan Mayhew Bergman, How Strange a Season

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was and become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“When I’m lost in a good book, I escape reality for hours on end and things don’t seem as hopeless. I can relate to a heroine in a bind, a woman whose life isn’t what she thought it would be. It makes me feel less alone, and how funny is it that my best friends are all fictional? But it’s more than that – it’s the power of words and how they can save you when you most need it.”
― Rebecca Raisin, Elodie's Library of Second Chances