Mark Schiffer

“If we could just be on earth at the same place and same time as everyone we loved, if we could be born together and die together, it would be so simple. And it’s not. But listen: You two are on the planet at the same time. You’re in the same place now. That’s a miracle. I just want to say that.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

“This was an era in which sofa beds were frequently opened and unfolded; at this age people were still floating, not entirely landed, still needing places to stay the night sometimes. They were doing what they could, crashing in other places, living extemporaneously. Soon enough, the pace would pick up, the solid matter of life would kick in. Soon enough, sofa beds would stay folded.”
― Meg Wolitzer, The Female Persuasion

“Everyone else has gone away. And now coming back home isn’t really coming back home at all.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“Somewhere in my brain each laugh, tear and lullaby becomes memory.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming