Marissa

“Life wasn’t about becoming, was it? It was about being.”
― Kate Atkinson, Life After Life

“Moments left, Teddy thought. A handful of heartbeats. That was what life was. A heartbeat followed by a heartbeat. A breath followed by a breath. One moment followed by another moment and then there was a last moment.”
― Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins

“The people who love you will guide you like bright lights into the other worlds.”
― Josephine Angelini, Trial by Fire

“The purpose of Art,” his mother, Sylvie, said—instructed even—“is to convey the truth of a thing, not to be the truth itself.”
― Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins