Kelsie

“Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

“We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.”
― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

“The world is bursting with wonder, and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who seems to have considered the possibility that the ultimate point of all our frenetic doing might be to experience more of that wonder.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals