Sarahfullard

“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died

“To love and be loved was more than could ever be expected, more than enough for a thousand ordinary lifetimes.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“Just like the dry land to name the cruel things in the water after women.”
― Samantha Hunt, The Seas

“The thirteen-year-old pirate. And the beekeeper that saved his life.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark