Severina

“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“In my experience, this is the hardest lesson of them all. After a certain age, we are all walking around this world in bodies made of secrets and shame and sorrow and old, unhealed injuries. Our hearts grow sore and misshapen around all this pain - yet somehow, still, we carry on.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls

“Life is brutal that way... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction.”
― Dan Simmons

“For I’ve come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one’s vows than the person they refer to.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust