Emily

“to have great pain is to have certainty; to hear that another person has pain is to have doubt.”
― Elaine Scarry, The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

“No," Hal said. "The sea is moving constantly and you have to make little adjustments to keep it going smoothly. You can't take it for granted."
"Just like a friendship," she said smiling. And Hal nodded.
"Maybe that's why the word ends in ship," he said.”
― John Flanagan, Scorpion Mountain

“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“A book… it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words, where you live for a while.”
― Patrick Ness, More Than This