I’ve wondered if I worked hard enough at my bruised and broken bits, if I could be shiny again, too. I’ve wondered if anyone might ever see me as something precious.
“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“Sometimes you don't find family in your own blood, but elsewhere.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“Stories are both an escape from the truths of the world and the only way to see them clearly.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Grief orbits the heart. Some days the circle is greater. Those are the good days. You have room to move and dance and breathe. Some days the circle is tighter. Those are the hard ones.”
― The Guncle
― The Guncle
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