Jamie

“You see, carrots become bright orange because it’s so dark in the ground. They make their own light because the sun never reaches that far—like those fish in the ocean who glow from nothing? So when you eat it, you take in the carrot’s will to go upward. To heaven.”
― Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

“The walk north was exactly the right distance to make me walk out of myself....If you walked out of yourself going north, what did you do on the return walk? Enjoyed my emptiness. Or sometimes just congratulated myself for escaping.”
― Gail Godwin, Grief Cottage

“because you’re a child and you have no way to compare your life to other people’s lives. Your foremost need is to stay safe within the only life you know.”
― Gail Godwin, Grief Cottage

“After all the human noise and conflicts have stopped, the absent person has more room in your heart to spread out and be herself. My mother's been gone ten years and I know her much better now than when we saw each other every day.”
― Gail Godwin, Grief Cottage