Clémence

“Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet.

My mother went through it.

I went through it.

I'll be damned if I allow my daughter to go through it.

I kiss her on the forehead and make her a promise. "It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Without her to talk to, there was nothing to say.”
― Rob Sheffield, Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

“- De toute ma vie, je ne me suis jamais sentie aussi bien. Et toi ?
- Moi ? - Step l'embrasse très fort. Super super bien.
- Au point de pouvoir toucher le ciel avec un doigt ?
- Non, pas à ce point.
- Comment ça pas à ce point ?
- Beaucoup plus. Au moins trois mètres au-dessus du ciel.”
― Federico Moccia, Tre metri sopra il cielo

“When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other.”
― Rob Sheffield, Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time