Macie

“Spiritual but not religious,” Zachary clarifies. He doesn’t say what he is thinking, which is that his church is held-breath story listening and late-night-concert ear-ringing rapture and perfect-boss fight-button pressing. That his religion is buried in the silence of freshly fallen snow, in a carefully crafted cocktail, in between the pages of a book somewhere after the beginning but before the ending.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Travel light my child, as the Wanderer travels light, and his love will be with you.”
― Naomi Mitchison, Travel Light

“You can't erase your past when there are pieces of it scattered inside other people.”
― Rachel Harrison, The Return

“Were we women so frail in the wake of men who swore they cherished us? Was a lover's betrayal more lethal than betrayal of oneself?”
― Toni Morrison, Desdemona