Nia Ardee

“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“My mouth tastes like all the things I should have said.”
― Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry

“How strange to write about "having" when for so long I've drawn inspiration only from longing?”
― Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
― Fitzgerald F. Scott, The Great Gatsby