Alexandra Shuttleworth

“and you know, I actually love it here, even if it frustrates the hell out of me, I'm not sure I want to become a foreigner anywhere else

so try it out like a new outfit that may or may not suit, life is about taking risks, not about burying your head in the sand”
― Bernardine Evaristo

“But do I ever think about what my life would have been like had I been brave enough to not become a mother? Had I been brave enough to even imagine what that life could have been like?” “Do you?” I asked, checking she was still on the line. “I think about it all the time,” she said. We said goodbye, knowing that was most likely the last time we would ever speak to each other.”
― Dolly Alderton, Good Material

“nothing was more fleeting than a dance
—dance says: joy is only now.”
― Miranda July

“The colors this morning have the frayed tint of something already leaving.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous