Quotes from Martina Boone, Persuasion

Dreams shape the kind of human beings we become. Not having a dream gave me a smaller future and made me a smaller person.

You're torn between wanting to be closer and wanting to push me away, " he said. "So I vote for closer. I'll always vote for closer.

It occurred to her that all the bad parts of life, the sad parts, the frightening ones, were meant to be offset by moments and memories like this. She had to be present in it, right here, right now.

It took vulnerability to forge strength, the way true courage required fear.