Eli Kelly

“do you
ever
find
yourself
nostalgic
for
the life
you never
got to
have?”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

“They’d been learning about the phrase ‘pyrrhic victory’, which came from Roman times and meant that you’d won something, like a battle, but in order to win, you had to lose so much that you really hadn’t won at all.”
― Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“You're one of those people who've been blessed not only with talent, but with self-awareness. And that means you get to choose what you want to do with your life, instead of life choosing for you. But having that power, the power to choose, can be a double edged sword. Because you can choose wrong.”
― Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up