Christine

“Love was a room that appeared when you stepped into it.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of the Lost Child

“Nobody thinks of now as the future past.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch