Gwyn Sheperd

“Everyone says that he fell because he flew too close to the sun,” his father said, “but he flew, do you see what I mean, Son? He was able to fly. It doesn’t matter if you fall, if you were a bird for even just a few seconds.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“Because you’re real, Pupkin,” Louise said. “And nothing real can last forever. That’s how you know you’re real. Because one day you die.”
― Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

“Maybe we forget so that we can go on.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet