Pam Geemul

“You'll have to face it, the endings are the same however you slice it. Don't be deluded by any other endings, they're all fake, either deliberately fake, with malicious intent to deceive, or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality.

The only authentic ending is the one provided here:

John and Mary die. John and Mary die. John and Mary die.”
― Margaret Atwood, Happy Endings

“Hard work increases the probability of serendipity.”
― Ken Poirot

“listen to my poems
but do not look for me
look for you.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

“if we. are with child. and you believe that fatherhood begins when my body pours a baby into your hands. not before. you do not deserve this child. you are a coward. – you are a father the moment you enter me”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.