Victoria

“God! Whose hand was I holding?”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“You will one day experience joy that matches this pain. You will cry euphoric tears at the Beach Boys, you will stare down at a baby’s face as she lies asleep in your lap, you will make great friends, you will eat delicious foods you haven’t tried yet, you will be able to look at a view from a high place and not assess the likelihood of dying from falling. There are books you haven’t read yet that will enrich you, films you will watch while eating extra-large buckets of popcorn, and you will dance and laugh and have sex and go for runs by the river and have late-night conversations and laugh until it hurts. Life is waiting for you. You might be stuck here for a while, but the world isn’t going anywhere. Hang on in there if you can. Life is always worth it.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“LO! Death has reared himself a throne
In a strange city lying alone”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Stories and Poems

“He bought her six dresses, and I brought her god-damned cat back from the dead, so who loves her more?!”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary