Eva Steepe

“They laughed. I laughed. I felt better. And I pretended I was good at it. And somehow? I was.”
― Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

“Surely, there must be people like her everywhere. People who get up in the morning, wipe their children's noses, walk down the street, show up at work, or go to school while calling on every ounce of careful grooming and good manners to make it look like it's no trouble at all. Surely, she is not the only person holding in a world of hurt that pushes against their skin like water against the walls of a dam.”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Good Dirt

“I am never as lonely as I am in the aftermath of being so happy.”
― Katelyn Doyle, Just Some Stupid Love Story

“Today will be different. Perhaps the only way to cope with loss, or guilt, is to name it and defy its potential to destroy you...
Maybe all you can do is give yourself permission to embrace the rest of your life. To play, to love, to risk. To take the beauty that someone brought into your life and share it.”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Good Dirt