Andrea Barnes

“Without saying a word to each other we know that, if we chose to, we could venture into something reckless, also pointless.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive. That is what makes the life I have now possible.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“That something is called a tragedy, however, means it is no longer personal. One weeps out of private pain, but only when the audience swarms in and claims understanding and empathy do people call it a tragedy. One’s grief belongs to oneself; one’s tragedy, to others.”
― Natalie Eve Garrett, The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

“The OLD NAVY sign seduced my mother like a moth to a dwindling gas lantern.”
― Elliot Page, Pageboy: A Memoir