Erica Orloff > Quotes

“Some people are like shooting stars. They burst through our lives in a spectacular arc, but they don't stay long. They just leave a trail.”
― Erica Orloff, Illuminated

“Who Am I? I am not a disease, nor my weight, nor even my family. I am not my job, or my things, or the house I live in. I am not the words used to describe me (quiet or boring or something else I haven't thought of), the books I read, or the clothes I wear. I am not what you see, on the outside or what I say or even the things I do. It's all illusory. I am, instead, this essence inside. I am the strength that gives me breath each day. I am the love I feel within. I am a light in the dark. I am a little piece of this universe. I am human. I am silence. I am hope burning. I am kindness. I am laughter. I am all of these things. I am.”
― Erica Orloff

“Some people are like shooting stars. They burst through our lives in a spectacular arc, but they don't stay long. They just leave a trail" ~Illuminated”
― Erica Orloff

“Nothing will go wrong,Micheal said soothingly. Me and you? We've been through to much together. And your too unpleasant to die.Too bossy.God will keep you down here for a while until you learn your lesson and start learning to work and play well with others. Now your talking.Will you go with me a week from Friday when I get my biopsy? Wild horses and an evil head nurse with rubber gloves couldn't keep me away.
Now your just being gross.”
― Erica Orloff, Do They Wear High Heels in Heaven?

“Breathe! Breathe! I urged Lily. You can do this naturally.
Fuck that. I want my epidural as soon as we get there.”
― Erica Orloff, Do They Wear High Heels in Heaven?

“What the fuck do you know about chemo? Only what I see in movies. And I mean movies like Love Story and Beaches.I wasn't talking about the Exorcist.You an ass. A total ass. But I'm an ass who'll sit next to you while you vomit. that kind of ass is few and far between,my little pea soup spewing devil child.”
― Erica Orloff, Do They Wear High Heels in Heaven?

“Kate Atwood tended to the orchids in her greenhouse. She whispered to them in a soothing, absentminded way. She supposed if she were a cat person, she'd chat with her cats – but she was a plant person.”
― Erica Orloff, Asylum Hunter

“You are the reason I wake up with a smile on my face, and the reason I go to sleep with a sense of belonging in this world”
― Erica Orloff, Illuminated