Fishgirl

“Accepting things as they are is difficult. A lot of people go to war with reality.”
― Kelly Corrigan, Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say

“The future was also the place where the bad stuff waited in ambush. My children were embarking on their futures in fragile vessels, and I trembled. I wanted to remove obstacles, smooth their way, I wanted to change their childhoods. I needed to be right all the time, I wanted them to listen to me, learn from my mistakes, and save themselves a lot of grief. Well, now I know I can control my tongue, my temper, and my appetites, but that's it. I have no effect on weather, traffic, or luck. I can't make good things happen. I can't keep anybody safe. I can't influence the future and I can't fix up the past.
What a relief.”
― Abigail Thomas, A Three Dog Life

“...each chime pecking a pinhole in the sheeted dark until the last layers shred completely and the light pours in and in.”
― Monica Wood, The One-in-a-Million Boy

“Photographs, it seems to me, are both moments in time and bits of memory.”
― Craig Lancaster, 600 Hours of Edward