EJ Paras

“All I ever really want to know is how other people are making it through life—where do they put their body, hour by hour, and how do they cope inside of it.”
― Miranda July, It Chooses You

“I realized then how difficult it is to separate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.”
― Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

“You’re all so fucked up in such endlessly fascinating ways that I can’t help but love you. And if you love someone you want to know them, get them, get inside them… so to speak.”
― Aaron Posner, Stupid Fucking Bird

“Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous