Hey, I’m Margaret — and Words Have Always Been My Thing
I’m Margaret Voss, the writer and curator behind Quote Me, Maybe. I’ve spent the better part of fifteen years working with words professionally — as a copywriter, a creative writing instructor, and an obsessive journaler who has filled more notebooks than I care to count. Words aren’t just my livelihood. They’re how I make sense of the world.
I hold a degree in English Literature and a graduate certificate in Positive Psychology, which sounds fancy until I tell you that I mostly use both to justify why I stop mid-conversation to jot down something someone just said. Occupational hazard. Completely worth it.
Why I Started This Site
A few years ago, I went through one of those seasons that quietly dismantles you — a career pivot that didn’t pan out, a friendship that ended badly, and the general low hum of feeling lost that nobody really warns you about in your thirties. What got me through it, embarrassingly enough, was a sticky note on my bathroom mirror. Marcus Aurelius. Six words. I read it every morning until I started to believe it.
That experience reminded me of something I’d always known intellectually but had never fully felt: the right quote at the right moment genuinely can change everything. Not in a magic-wand way. In a slow, quiet, reorienting way. It gives language to something you couldn’t articulate, and once you can name a feeling, you can start to work with it.
Quote Me, Maybe exists because I wanted a place that took that power seriously — not a dump of recycled Instagram captions, but a thoughtfully curated home for words that actually do something.
What You’ll Find Here
Expect carefully chosen quotes organized around real life — resilience, reinvention, grief, joy, ambition, rest, and everything in between. I also write longer pieces that dig into the context behind a quote, the life of the person who said it, and why it still lands centuries or decades later. History, philosophy, literature, and a little psychology all show up regularly. I believe knowing why a quote matters makes it stick longer.
You’ll also find honest recommendations for books, journals, and tools that have genuinely supported my own growth journey. I read voraciously — somewhere around forty to fifty books a year — and I only spotlight what I’d hand to a close friend with a genuine “you need this.”
My Approach
I don’t chase trends or manufacture inspiration. Every quote I feature has earned its place — either through years of it living rent-free in my head, or because it visibly shifted something in someone I love. My recommendations are experience-based, my opinions are my own, and I’ll always tell you when something didn’t work as well as I hoped. Trust is worth more to me than a polished image.
A Little More About Me
I’m based in the Pacific Northwest, where the grey skies are honestly very good for reading. When I’m not writing, I’m hiking trails I’ve convinced myself are shorter than they are, tending a houseplant collection that is thriving despite my best efforts, and drinking too much tea. I believe deeply in slow mornings, honest conversations, and the kind of book that makes you put it down just to stare at the ceiling for a while.
I’m glad you’re here. Pull up a chair. There’s a quote around here somewhere with your name on it.
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