Helia

“Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost.”
― Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

“I think in this moment how maybe I’m always all the girls I’ve ever been, how the now-me is just all the old-mes thrown together.”
― Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

“If people bear the trauma of their ancestors, doesn’t it follow that they also bear their rhapsodies? If there is generational pain passed down, mustn’t there also be generational joy? If there are family curses that drop through time, mustn’t there also be family blessings that do the same?”
― Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

“I read novels, no, not read, I tear them open and crawl inside and hide between the words.”
― Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over