Mariély Dias

“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“None of us will be okay, in the end. The not-okay is coming for everyone... We act like there are safe places. We behave as though if we work hard and acquire the right things, gain the right access, put ourselves in the right zones, we can arrive someplace where danger can't touch us- where anything can't happen. We pretend that if we can identify someone else's loss as greater than our own, we won't lose. But nothing really guards our lives. Lifeguards don't exist.”
― Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

“You have to embrace the idea of imperfection, even if the thing that is most perfect for you.”
― Kiera Cass, The Crown

“Não se pode voltar para casa - é que os lugares não necessariamente mudam, mas as pessoas, sim. Então, nada parece igual.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall