Jade

“Suns when they sink can rise again,
But we, when our brief light has shone
Must sleep the long night on and on.

-Poem 5”
― Catallus, Poems and Fragments of Catallus

“What makes a ghost a ghost? Can a person be haunted by herself?”
― C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold

“And wasn’t that the real reason for traveling, a reason bigger than poorness and desperation and greed and fury—didn’t they know, low in their bones, that as long as they moved and the land unfurled, that as long as they searched, they would forever be searchers and never quite lost?”
― C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold

“While choice is infinite, our lives have time spans. We can't live every life. We can't watch every film or read every book or visit every single place on this sweet earth. Rather than being blocked by it, we need to edit the choice in front of us. We need to find out what is good for us, and leave the rest.”
― Matt Haig, The Emotion Code / Reasons to Stay Alive / Cognitive Behavioural Therapy