Celine

“for answers that I don’t have—the file only drawing more questions. Then, all my thoughts momentarily freeze as I stare blankly at the wall. Nothing makes sense. I’m too paralyzed to cry, to scream, or even contemplate what the hell I just read. It’s dated eleven days ago when Cole and I were at the cabin. Is this what he was working on that Saturday while I waited for him? And how could he know? I didn’t even know.”
― Lisa De Jong, Break Even

“SLEEP DIDN’T CURE MY GUILT. It didn’t lessen it either. The mind is nothing but a free Polaroid that never stops taking pictures. And you can’t just throw them away. They won’t rip or cut. Those moments are captured forever. I go through my morning routine like a robot. Shower. Dress. Hair. Make-up. Coffee. Two cups, actually.”
― Lisa De Jong, Break Even

“Regret is a painful thing. Few people understand that there are three important things that leave us and can never return. Words. Time. Opportunity. These are things we can never get back.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White

“Words. Time. Opportunity. These are things we can never get back. Not even in death.”
― Kathryn Perez, Letters Written in White