Sima

“Life is the stuff that happens in the cracks between your plans and expectations.”
― Josie Silver, One Night on the Island

“There was something very special, but it wasn't inside Josie. It was inside those who loved her.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

“The caterpillar-to-butterfly cycle is not only miraculous but an important symbol of greater life in general. All of us go through huge transitions, and it might be frightening, but we do come out of the other side as a butterfly.”
― Emma Gannon, Table for One

“That was the great thing about being not-young: knowing through practical experience that feelings, even the worst of them, calm down and eventually ease. They’re probably not gone forever—that was another thing I’d learnt: the notion of ‘closure’ is unrealistic. If I’d felt an emotion once, it stayed on file for-ev-er and could be reactivated if the conditions were right—or, more accurately, wrong.”
― Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel