“We wish with our hands, that’s what we do as artists.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“what is bad for the heart is good for art. The terrible irony of our lives as artists.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it?”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people,” I say. “Maybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time.” Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
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