Justice

“I like getting to be the me now watching the past me. It's almost a way of loving myself. Stroking the cheek of that girl with my understanding. Smoothing her hair in my mind's eye.”
― Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

“And I knew something bad had happened, that his feelings had shifted. Normally, there was a cord of attachment between us that I could tug and feel him there on the other end. I suddenly had the horrifying sensation that it had been snipped off, and now I had a cord that led nowhere, that was just dangling in space.”
― Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

“Having a mother helps you believe that everybody wants to hear every little thing you think. Having a mother helps you speak without thinking. It allows you to trust in your most awful self, to yell and scream and cry, knowing that your mother will still love you by the end of it.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“Dear whoever you are,

on the day we finally meet,
I imagine there will be
static electricity in your voice,
Your name will be the sheet music
to a song I've been trying to play by ear,

and we will fall into each other
like two stars that are tired of the sky.”
― Rudy Francisco, Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky