Gina

“Because to remember is to fill the present with the past, which meant that the cost of remembering anything, anything at all, is life itself. We murder ourselves, he thought, by remembering”
― Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

“You can be proud of where you come from and not proud of everything that history entails. That’s what so many of these people don’t seem to be able to wrap their heads around.”
― David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew

“There’s a whole lot of people who care more about being called a racist than they care about addressing the institution.”
― David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew

“People talk a lot about first loves, or the love of your life, but people don’t say as much about the friend of your life.”
― Annie Hartnett, Unlikely Animals