♡ Meli ♡

“He’d always wondered what was worse: to feel emptiness and not know what would make it go away, or to feel emptiness and know exactly what was missing. Tonight, for whatever reason, he seemed to have the answer. He understood with evangelical clarity how fleeting our lives are, and how foolish it is to mourn those who’ve left too soon.”
― Peter Swanson, Nine Lives

“The awful thing about loneliness, Jack thought, not for the first time, is that it isn’t always cured by other people.”
― Peter Swanson, Nine Lives

“I am writing you from inside a body that used to be yours. Which is to say, I am writing as a son.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“She decided she wasn't quite ready to make decisions regarding her day and took her second cup of coffee back outside to the patio.”
― Peter Swanson, Every Vow You Break