Elese Roger

“Some stories don’t have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet.

My mother went through it.

I went through it.

I'll be damned if I allow my daughter to go through it.

I kiss her on the forehead and make her a promise. "It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Art is where what we survive survives.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone, totally alone.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone