Areeba - On Reading Spectrum

“I’m scared of this. I’m scared of being happy. I’m scared of wanting things and not getting them.’ I hesitated. ‘Or getting them and then losing them. Or getting them, and having them, and it not being enough. I’m scared of what happens after the happy ending.’ I”
― Ewa Ramsey, The Morbids

“I kept thinking that the ending was the important part, but maybe the ending is just the ending, and it’s everything before the ending that matters. We’re all going to die. So why …’ I laughed softly. ‘Why be scared of anything? Maybe we should be doing all the scariest, hardest, most terrible things? Jumping out of planes and swimming in huge waves and taking all the drugs we can find and driving the fastest, scariest cars and falling in love so hard it—”
― Ewa Ramsey, The Morbids