Abby

“Maybe his body is giving up. If he does not eat, he understands, he will die. But when he does eat, he fells as if he will die.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Seventy-six years old," she whispers, "and I can still feel like this? Like a little girl with stars in my eyes?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“It's the enjoyment of every step in the process of doing; everything, not only the isolated piece we label art. If accomplishing is the only goal, all that it takes to reach that goal is too slow, too fatiguing-- an obstacle to what you want to achieve. If you want to rush the accomplishment, it is an inevitable disappointment. Then you rush to something else. The disappointment is reaped over and over again. But if every step is pleasant, then the accomplishment becomes even more, because it is nourished by what is going on.”
― Sue Bender, Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish

“My joy and my accomplishments existed, and so did the pain from my abuse. How can we feel one without the other? Joyful accomplishments exist next to painful memories. I found a lot of my healing when I realized my suffering didn't undo my joy.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love