Andrea Johnson

“There were once two sisters who shared the same room,
the same clothes,
the same thoughts at the same moment.
These two sisters did not have a mother
but they had each other.
The older sister walked ahead of the younger
so the younger one always knew where to go.
The older one took the younger to the river
where they floated on their backs
like dead men.
The older girl would say:
Dunk your head under a few inches,
then open your eyes and look up at the sun
The younger girl:
I'll get water up my nose
The older:
C'mon, do it
and so the younger girl did it
and her whole world filled with light.”
― Jandy Nelson, The Sky Is Everywhere

“The sun stopped shining for me is all.”
― Nina LaCour, Hold Still

“I am not ready to see what happens next. Because it’s possible that nothing will happen, and that might break me.”
― David Levithan

“Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.”
― Pablo Neruda