Emily Wunderlich

“A dead man who never caused others to die seldom rates a statue.”
― W.H. Auden

“grief is a house
where the chairs
have forgotten how to hold us
the mirrors how to reflect us
the walls how to contain us

grief is a house that disappears
each time someone knocks at the door
or rings the bell
a house that blows into the air
at the slightest gust
that buries itself deep in the ground
while everyone is sleeping

grief is a house where no one can protect you
where the younger sister
will grow older than the older one
where the doors
no longer let you in
or out”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still”
― ee cummings

“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.”
― Carson McCullers