Elmira

“The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago...”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”
― Joan Didion

“I’ll tell you what love is. ’Tis
standing arm in arm against the world and knowing together you could rule the country. ’Tis fighting with each other with tooth and nail and never fearing sly or brutal reprisals. ’Tis going to war against the whole world, yet knowing that peace resides in the bed between us.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“If you don't like the hand that fate's dealt you, fight for a new one.”
― Masashi Kishimoto