Erin Swan > Quotes

“Speaking has consequences. It can bring you pain. It can cause death. Sometimes, it’s better to remain silent.”
― Erin Swan, Bright Star

“You told me once that my old life was behind me, that I have a new life, one where I can fight back. And you were right. But I’ve also been fighting to hold on to something, fighting to keep a part of that old life with me. That part of my life felt safer, more certain than this one, so I clung to it. But . . . I don’t want to hold on to it anymore. I want my old life behind me— every part of it. Because I want every part of this new life, no matter how uncertain it may be.”
― Erin Swan, Bright Star

“You don't consider the future, do you?'
'...I do...What would it look like without kindness?”
― Erin Swan, Walk the Vanished Earth

“My mother always told me that there would come times when my mind could not tell me what I should do. And when that happened, I should let my heart guide me. And what if my heart is as lost as my thoughts? Your heart can never truly be lost, Andra. You must simply choose to see where it is leading you.”
― Erin Swan, Bright Star

“You deserve freedom, and happiness , and so much more.”
― Erin Swan, Bright Star

“Andra, you must stop believing that what has happened to you makes you unworthy of love. If you were, then I must be just as unworthy, because I am as broken as you. We may be broken in diferent ways, but I want your burdens, your scars, your memories —the good and the bad. They’re a part of you, Andra , and I want them. I don’t expect loving you to fix either of us, but perhaps, if we try, we can fill some of the breaks that our lives have given us. Perhaps the pieces of me that are broken are made to fit with the broken parts of you. I love you, Andra . I love every part of you— and the broken pieces most of all.”
― Erin Swan, Bright Star