Nicole

“I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer

“How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer

“Their relationship consisted
In discussing if it existed.”
― Thom Gunn

“My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.”
― Warsan Shire