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“The two of you, like headphone wires tangling, caught up in this something. A happy accident. A messy miracle.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water

“I don't miss my name and I haven't bothered to replace it. I miss your name. I'm sorry but I have forgotten it, too. I don't look for it on the walls. The thought that I might read it and pass it by, just to go on to the next name is terrible. Like meeting you in another life and failing to recognize you.”
― Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

“THE LAST OF my peppermint tea has gone cold and the autumn chill has settled over me, but I don’t want to go in. I want to sit and look at the stars. I want to watch them move across the sky and disappear behind the trees. My head is resting on the back of the lawn chair, my eyes pointing toward the sky”
― Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers

“An intelligent animal would not destroy its only home—”
― Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times