Nicole

“Guilt is a ghost. Guilt interrupts narratives. It does so impolitely. Ghosts have no etiquette. What do they need it for? There is no Emily Post for ghosts.”
― Myriam Gurba, Mean

“The world is too fucking big. Sometimes, I can't even carry myself through all the love and fear.”
― Sherman Alexie, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

“I am stronger than I am broken.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“If you are one of those people who has the ability to make it down to the bottom of the ocean, the ability to swim the dark waters without fear, the astonishing ability to move through life's worst crucibles and not die, then you also have the ability to bring something back to the surface that helps others in a way that they cannot achieve themselves.”
― Lidia Yuknavitch, The Misfit's Manifesto