Scott Bellis

“There are so many pieces to a person. So many small stories and so few opportunities to read them.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“I think the best stories feel like they’re still going, somewhere, out in story space. I remember wondering if this story was an analogy about people who stay in places or relationships or whatever situations longer than they should because they’re afraid of letting go or moving on or the unknown, or how people hold on to things because they miss what the thing was even if that isn’t what that same thing is now.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“he went from young and faithful and obedient to confused and adrift and middle-aged but he knows exactly when it was because that moment haunts him, still.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Important things hurt sometimes.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea