Maddie

“Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.”
― Sherwood Anderson

“You don't have anything
if you don't have the stories.”
― Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony

“think when it's all over it just comes back in flashes, you know? It's like a kaleidoscope of memories; it just all comes back. But he never does. I think part of me knew the second I saw him that this would happen. It's not really anything he said, or anything he did ― it was the feeling that came along with it. Crazy thing is, I don't know if I'm ever going to feel that way again. But I don't know if I should. I knew his world moved too fast and burned too bright, but I just thought, 'How can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you?' Maybe he knew that when he saw me. I guess I just lost my balance. I think that the worst part of it all wasn't losing him. It was losing me.”
― Taylor Swift

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers