"A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent."― Roy T. Bennett
"Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps"― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."― Willa Cather