nina

“Your grandma- my mother- told me once that the wind is just the breath of everyone who came before us. All the people who've passed on, all the ones who've taken a breath-" And he took a breath himself, loud and dramatic, and exhaled. "They're still in the wind. And they'll always be in the wind, singing. Until the wind is gone. Do you hear them?”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“Love is a celebration,’ ” I read, my voice wobbling, “ ‘of life and death. It stays with you. It lingers, my darlings, long after I’m gone. Listen for me when the wind rushes through the trees. I love you.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“Everything died, but pieces of it remained. Dad was in the wind because he breathed the same air that I breathed. Dad was a mark in history becuase he existed. He was part of my future because I still carried on.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics