“When one lives in a state of constant vigilance, if something actually goes wrong: Forget about it. Full panic. Fifteen to a hundred in two seconds flat. Kids two minutes late? Everyone is dead. Sister doesn’t text me back within thirty seconds? Definitely dead. Dog coughs? Almost dead.”
― Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
― Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living
“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“sometimes I think our entire lives are dreams that we finally understand only when they are about to end.”
― The Wild Date Palm
― The Wild Date Palm
“And they listened with hearts instead of ears,”
― Still Life
― Still Life
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