Alix Blue

“Was this what music was, was it time itself containing fractions of seconds, minutes, hours, and all the ages, all the generations?”
― Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing

“It's a funny thing, coming home. Everything smells the same, looks the same, feels the same, but you are different; the contrast between who you were when you left and who you are now is heightened against the backdrops of old haunts. (42)”
― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

“One day, when Emira would say good-bye to Briar, she'd also leave the joy of having somewhere to be, the satisfaction of understanding the rules, the comfort of knowing what's coming next, and the privilege of finding home within yourself (209)”
― Kiley Reid

“It embarassed her ow, the way she bruned candles so unthikingly, gazing at words that seemed to hide ideas, or ideas inexpressible in words, how the sentences had carried her forwards like a river or a piece of music. And yet how close the truth had seemed back then. She had been twenty-four years old and she had fallen in love.”
― Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing