—Helen Macdonald in H is for Hawk
Most things in life are only as difficult as you allow them to be.
—Gemma Burgess in A Girl Like You
It doesn't make you a bad person to want to live your own life.
—Alexandra Bracken in The Darkest Minds
A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.