Her Good Mama Had Loved Wrong, But Not For Nothing. They Say That Life Can Give You Another Chance, But

“Her good mama had loved wrong, but not for nothing. They say that life can give you another chance, but don’t believe it. You choose to find another chance. Either way, don’t strike out for the territory, there is no undiscovered country.”

-No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts

“There is an instinct to hide, and against our better thinking we find the darkest place to squeeze ourselves into. Someone has to be able to find you on those days. Somebody has to pull you out.”

-No One is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts

“We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.”

-Didactylos, in Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods

“‘Of course, I accept as a natural-born criminal, habitual liar, fraudster, and totally untrustworthy perverted genius.’

‘Capital! Welcome to Government Service!’”

-Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal

I know this transformation is painful, but you're not falling apart; you're just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful.

— William C. Hannan