Emily Grace

“When you are small, so small that you believe things will stay the same forever, the world is a friendly place. That's what I thought when I recognized my childhood bench. This bench, or I should learn that nothing stays as it is, and yet it is still worthwhile being in the world. I am still learning that.”
― Milena Michiko Flašar, I Called Him Necktie

“Let them take me or let them take my loved ones since all cemeteries one day end up as parks.”
― Valérie Perrin, Fresh Water for Flowers

“Justine was the light shining on me and the dark shadow it cast, and I wanted to stand there forever in the relief of that contrast.”
― Forsyth Harmon, Justine

“I love the story like I loved the dance studio, the bar, the hills surrounding the farmhouse. It's okay, I've learned, to love the things that make you, even if they are also the things that unmake you.”
― Toni Jensen, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land