Breagh

“Life is a series of big moments," he said. "Some days, of course, you're out there digging ditches. Some days, it's just a Tuesday, you know? But then there are the big moments. And you have to save them in your heart, crystallize them, and put them in a glass jar.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe

“Just trying to be helpful,” said Thomas.
“I didn’t ask you here for help. You just happened to turn up right after—” Alastair made a gesture apparently intended to encompass demons hiding in stables, and slid Cortana back into its scabbard at his hip. “I asked you here because I wanted to know why you sent me a note calling me stupid.”
“I didn’t,” Thomas began indignantly, and then recalled, with a moment of freezing horror, what he had written in Henry’s laboratory. Dear Alastair, why are you so stupid and so frustrating, and why do I think about you all the time?
Oh no. But how—?
Alastair produced a burnt piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Thomas. Most of the paper had been charred beyond legibility. What was left read:
Dear Alastair,
why are you so stupid
I brush my teeth
don’t tell anyone
—Thomas
“I don’t know why you don’t want anyone to know you brush your teeth,” Alastair added, “but I will, of course, keep this news in the strictest confidence.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Thorns

“You're going to get out there and never look back,' my father said over the strains of the song.
'You know it,' I said.
But I wasn't so sure. The thought of it made an ache swell through my body. Tears gathered in my eyes and made the sunshine more dazzling. I turned my face to the window so he couldn't see my wet face. It hurt. But I crystallised the moment. I put it in the glass jar inside my heart.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe

“And here it was, then, us in the car to the airport. My father drove fast, but stopped so I could get a coffee. He wore a yellow rubber raincoat even though there were no clouds in the blue sky. Fathers did things like this: they gave advice and wore embarrassing outfits and sneakers and drove us to airports to begin our new lives.”
― Sarah Rose Etter