Eli St

“You were capable of imagining a different future. And maybe it won’t be realized today, maybe not in our lifetime. Maybe it will take generations. We’re all part of a continuum. Does that make it pointless?”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“One was remember who you are. Do
not forget your language. Whatever they do to you in there, be strong. And the fourth one, learn about the Indian Act, and come back and teach me. So with those four things, he said that ‘you don’t know why I’m telling you this, but some day you will
understand.”
― Darren Grimes, In Their Own Words: Testimony From the Students of Canada’s Indigenous Residential School Program

“You don't have to, he says. I would forgive you if you didn't.
After a pause, Ivan replies: No, I do. Even though you annoy me a lot sometimes.
With a trembling laugh he looks up at the featureless sky.
You annoy me too, Ivan, he says. It's mutual.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“He keeps finding pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, but no one will show him the picture on the front of the box.”
― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune