Stephanie

“One person's pain doesn't negate another's. Our heartaches are not competition, but the bridge to empathy. So that we can look at one another and know that on some level, we understand. That's one beautiful thing about grief, I think. That sometimes, we can find someone in the world to look at from the other side of the bridge of our torments and know that we are not alone.”
― Raven Kennedy

“Losing a parent is something that doesn't hit you all at once. The loss happens again and again, every time you reach a milestone they should have witnessed, or you think of a question you wish you could ask them.”
― Sophie Lark, Roman

“Want is a kind of thief. It’s a door in your heart, and once you know it’s there, you’ll spend your life longing for whatever’s behind it.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“That is what I'm looking for every time I flip to the back of a book, compulsively checking for proof that in a life where so many things have gone wrong, there can be beauty too. That there is always hope, no matter what.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers