Grace

“Sometimes I feel like the seasons could come and go and come and go, a hundred years could pass, a thousand, the ground could collapse under us, this house could crumble and go back to the earth, and we would still be standing here frozen in time, because every second I’m with you is eternal. I’ve never felt anything like it.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“It’s . . . nice outside today.” It’s not that it isn’t. It is, in fact, really nice. Unseasonably warm. It’s because the Earth is dying, of course. Rising global average temperatures are associated with widespread fluctuations in weather patterns, and that’s why we’re still wearing lightweight jackets, even though it’s late November in D.C. and Christmas trees have been popping up for weeks now.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Under One Roof

“Helena’s funeral was . . . interesting.” I lean back against the seat. “I guess that’s the upside of knowing that you’re about to die. You get to bully people a bit. Tell them that if they don’t play ‘Karma Chameleon’ while lowering your casket your ghost will haunt their progeny for generations.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Under One Roof

“And not knowing something doesn’t make a person stupid, Wyn.” “Oh,” he says, amused. “Then what does?” After a moment’s thought, I say, “An unwillingness to learn.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place