Ge Alenain

“So, I say to you, young writers: You only need one person to believe in you, even if that person is yourself.”
― Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts

“I’ve learned that life isn’t about the end, but about the chapters in between. The filling in that we do to get our stories told and how people react to it is what keeps us going.”
― Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts

“And that was the meaning of home to me. It was a place. It was the place where my family was, where my friends were waiting for me, where I always felt welcome, and, even despite the bad shit that happened, I was always loved.”
― Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts

“They say it takes twenty-one days to break a habit. It’s been approximately one thousand eight hundred and twenty six since I last held her hand in mine and I’m still waiting for the remnants of her to break off of me.”
― Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts