Liva

“… I don’t think it does the younger ones any harm to see how things were. In fact, it might help them understand how far into the abyss a man can plunge—to what level of cruelty.”
― Lidia Maksymowicz, The Little Girl Who Could Not Cry

“The truth was, I liked talking about my mom. Bringing her up in casual conversation-putting words about her out into the universe- felt like keeping a piece of her here with me, even though she had been gone so long already.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“When my parents told me that Grandpa had died, I cried enough to fill three oceans and two bathtubs. I hurt inside for a long time. But then I began to see with my heart instead of my eyes, and I didn't feel so alone.”
― Alec Aspinwall, I'll Be the Water: A Story of Loss, Grief, and a Grandparent's Love

“There's this word in Japanese: tsundoku (...) It means acquiring more books than you could ever realistically read.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow