Julieta Umpierrez

“time is not a circle and it is not a line, it is not a wheel and it is not”
― Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume II

“It was one thing for me to have encountered a fracture in the normal progression of time,”
― Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume I

“the knowledge that everything can change in an instant, that something which cannot happen and which we absolutely do not expect, is nonetheless a possibility. That time stands still. That gravity is suspended. That the logic of the world and the laws of nature break down. That we are forced to acknowledge that our expectations about the constancy of the world are on shaky ground. There are no guarantees and behind all that we ordinarily regard as certain lie improbable exceptions, sudden cracks and inconceivable breaches of the usual laws.”
― Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume I

“Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere