“No one really wants to be idealized - we want to be seen and accepted and forgiven, and to know that we can be ourselves in our less edifying moments.”
― Conversations on Love
― Conversations on Love
“It's okay. Everybody's survival looks a little bit like death sometimes.”
― Take Me With You
― Take Me With You
“When someone dies, everything about them becomes past tense. Except for the grief. Grief stays in the present. It’s even worse when you’re angry at the person. Not just for dying. But for how.”
― Firekeeper's Daughter
― Firekeeper's Daughter
“I write as if to save somebody’s life. Probably my own. Life is a kind of madness that death makes. Long live the dead because we live in them.”
― A Breath of Life
― A Breath of Life
“It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive.”
― The Luminaries
― The Luminaries
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