donna backshall

“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

“That's humanity. We will all lose the ones we love, either them or us. From birth we make our way in this world. The gift is the choice of who we spend it with.”
― Brionni Nwosu, The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter

“Love is not about saying this is where I belong. It's about being completely, hopelessly, profoundly unable to belong anywhere else.”
― James Goodhand, The Day Tripper

“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