Britny Murphy

“Homesickness is a sickness of the heart, not of the mind. It is deeply subjective and belongs, inarguably, to the sufferer alone.”
― Kate Mulgrew, How to Forget: An Honest and Bittersweet Memoir About Caring for Aging Parents

“Survival

Everyone you love
is capable of doing
great and terrible things
things you never
thought they could do
when they are clawing,
panicking,
breaking
to survive.
Remember this
when you watch them
at their very worst moments,
And forgive them
their survival too.”
― Nikita Gill, Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty

“To my children, I will say, ‘Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be kind. But to be brave you will need to know how to stand for something even if you are completely alone.”
― Nikita Gill

“I hate the moments between
meeting someone and leaving
someone

there’s this brief feeling of trust
before the paranoia that seeps in

once you begin to realize that
they’re just like everyone else
you’ve met before

different person
same bullshit”
― R.H. Sin, Whiskey Words & a Shovel II