WolfMama

“She
was afraid of getting too close to anyone. To her, closeness represented
a loss rather than a gain.”
― Mitsuyo Kakuta, Woman on the Other Shore

“Life is so short," I said sighing, "the past so long. Shouldn't we turn the page and move on?"

"The past is the future," Aunt Emily shot back”
― Joy Kogawa, Obasan

“One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but loose you.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World