Dakota

“Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Life is messy, everybody makes mistakes because we’re all fucking stupid”
― Ian McEwan, Lessons

“Because truth hurts, truth costs, truth upends your world.”
― Dennis Lehane, Small Mercies

“The three of them sit there silently for a moment, thinking of small but profound inheritances. Of how untold stories shape people's lives, both when they are withheld and when they are revealed.”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake