ivy ❦

“He would have loved me unquestioningly and stubbornly forever. And I don’t know if I want to be loved like that.”
― Dolly Alderton, Good Material

“Am I a mother, Father? What name do you give to a woman with a dead child? I’m not a widow, not an orphan, what am I?
Better you don’t give me name Father, if you and your church ever find a name for me - you’ll probably just take away my right to decide how I behave or how I live my life, or how I die. Better not.”
― Claudia Piñeiro, Elena Knows

“If I'm not first, I'm nothing.”
― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

“When someone says they don't want to be with you, you feel the pain of every single one of those times in life where you felt like you weren't good enough. You live through it all again... You have to be prepared to let go and let go and let go a thousand times.”
― Dolly Alderton, Good Material