Marga

“I once read that every story is a love story. Love of a person, a country, a way of life. Which means, of course, that all tragedies are about losing what you love.
When someone with a terminal disease can't stop fearing the future, it's comforting to look to the past. We tend to forget that we were all young, once. And that there was a time when we had beginnings, instead of endings.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

“Sometimes you hurt the people you love. And sometimes you love the people who hurt you.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

“It behooves us ill to look back and point fingers, saying, ‘Ah, that should not have happened. That should not have been allowed.’ Such a perspective is granted only to men staring backward, Sir William. For those of us with the will to go forward, it is as if we walk blindfolded into a dark room. Not every false step or stumble can be judged after the moment has passed, nor should it be.”
― Conn Iggulden, Stormbird

“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey