Nicole Joy

“We must endure our thoughts all night, until the bright obvious stands motionless in cold.”
― Wallace Stevens

“Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.”
― Leonard Cohen, Book of Mercy

“Perhaps we are the same person. Perhaps we have no limits; perhaps we flow into each other, stream through each other, boundlessly and magnificently. You bear terrible thoughts; it is almost painful to be near you. At the same time it is enticing. Do you know why?”
― Ingmar Bergman, Fanny och Alexander

“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.”
― Sue Grafton, M is for Malice