contemporary: hope and heart
reminders that healing is possible and hope is worth holding onto
by Gabrielle Zevin“‘What is a game?’ ‘It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, ever.’”Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz“Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.”
by Alison Espach“Feeling melancholy is not the same as being depressed. You don’t always have to fix it.”The Wedding People
by Rufi Thorpe“I didn’t know that love was supposed to come from within me, and that as long as I loved others, the strength and warmth of that love would fill me, make me strong.”Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Fredrik Backman“We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we're more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.”Anxious People
by Emily Habeck“All the hours he spent theorizing about magic seemed so naive now. The main ingredient in transformation was not magic, it was pain.”Shark Heart
by Jandy Nelson“Meeting your soulmate is like walking into a house you’ve been in before — you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves… You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.”I'll Give You the Sun
by Stephen Chbosky“My best friends taught me a new kind of quiet, the peaceful stillness of knowing one another so well you don’t need to fill the space. And a new kind of loud: noise as a celebration, as the overflow of joy at being alive, here, now.”The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Sally Rooney“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.” Normal People
by Coco Mellors“But what they don’t know is this: As long as you are alive, it is never too late to be found.”Blue Sisters
by Ann Napolitano“We’re not separated from the world by our own edges. We’re part of the sky, and the rocks in your mother’s garden, and that old man who sleeps by the train station. We’re all interconnected, and when you see that, you see how beautiful life is.”Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano“Sometimes you’re at the mercy of things you can’t control, and sometimes taking control means letting go.”Dear Edward