Mila > Mila's Quotes

“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“Everything is so devastatingly uncertain”
― Bex Ollerton, Lavender Clouds

“Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.”
― Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir

“Sometimes I feel like my brain is a machine built by someone who lost the instruction manual.”
― Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir

“I remember when I first realized I never had to have children. It was like walking out of a narrow alley into a wide open field. I never have to get married. I never have to date anyone. I don’t even have to care about sex. These realizations were like gifts that I gave myself.”
― Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir