Katherine

“It's okay to be reckless with your internal organs in your twenties, but I'm thirty now and need more careful curation”
― Josie Silver, One Night on the Island

“separation is made up of a million tiny disassociations that eventually add up to passing someone on the street and barely recognizing them.”
― Josie Silver, One Night on the Island

“I, Cleo Wilder, do take myself, Cleo Wilder, to be my strongest advocate and my most loyal friend, my loudest cheerleader, and my most trusted confidante.” I pause and gaze out to sea, my palms resting on my knees, my hair swirling around my shoulders in the wind. I acknowledge I haven’t always been my own best friend, and I certainly haven’t always been my own strongest advocate. I’ve lingered too long in toxic relationships, and I’ve told myself to put up with things I’d tell a friend not to tolerate. “I promise to listen to myself, to take the time to hear the voice in my gut, because I know myself better than anyone and I always have my own best interests at heart. I’m wise enough to know when someone is disingenuous, and I know when enough is enough. I also know that I am enough, and I’m brave, and I will succeed. I won’t judge myself too harshly when I get things wrong, because everyone gets things wrong sometimes, but I won’t let myself off the hook without learning lessons either.”
― Josie Silver, One Night on the Island

“Life is the stuff that happens in the cracks between your plans and expectations.”
― Josie Silver, One Night on the Island