Katie Jackson

“And gradually we will rot like old ships or trees

But keep Pain far from Me o Lord”
― Breyten Breytenbach, In Africa Even the Flies Are Happy

“There's no shame in loving life above death. Otherwise I would be dead. What use would that be to the gods, who will not die themselves?”
― Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap

“I wanted to hold onto the house the way you'd hold onto a love letter. It was proof that I had not always been completely alone in the world. But I think I was also holding on to the loss, to the emptiness of the house itself, as though to affirm that it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn't.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“But at the exact same time I got nervous about that, I also got this other feeling, which I can only describe of as love for Annemarie's elevator.”
― Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me