donna backshall

“When you're a celebrity, people rarely want to tell you "no". How do you think Michael Jackson went as far as he did with plastic surgery? How did Kim Kardashian get away with wearing that Marilyn Monroe dress? Who lets Johnny Depp out of the house looking like he does? Or honestly, who lets him out of the house period? He used to be so hot.”
― Paige Harbison, The Other Side of Now

“The truth is, we live. We can't spend every moment treasuring the things we love. We still get mad at the dog for tracking mud through the house, even though one day we would give anything to have her muddy paws back on our white carpet. We still roll our eyes at our parents' needy voicemails, even though one day those recorded moments will be all we have left.”
― Paige Harbison, The Other Side of Now

“What we are never changes, Tommy, it read, but who we are never stops changing. Remember me better than I am. Jake.”
― John Marrs, The Vacation

“I've read books about immortality, vampires that live forever, people who never age. They think the worst thing is death. Death is the easy part. What they miss is the loneliness, all consuming, that occurs as everything and everyone slips away, lost to the sands of time.”
― Brionni Nwosu, The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter