Vanessa

“I think it's time to learn how to be a guardian to myself, and my feelings. Gentle, and strong - like Mom.”
― Katie O'Neill

“The kindest thing you can do for the dead... is to weave their names into art.”
― Cat Winters, The Raven's Tale

“too many grown-ups tell kids to follow their dreams
like that's going to get them somewhere
Auntie Laurie says follow your nightmares instead
cuz when you figure out what's eating you alive
you can slay it”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“He can give everyone what they so desperately crave: hope for a life beyond death... Love poems fall out of fashion over time, often turning maudlin in the ears of future listeners. Humans' enjoyment of satire and humor is equally fickle, and epic adventures stop seeming so epic when new heroes accomplish new feats. Yet mortals' fear and bewilderment of death will never die - not as long as people keep dying.”
― Cat Winters, The Raven's Tale