Sami Kenney

“So,” Eric said between bites, “do you carry a photo of Ben in your wallet?” Tim snorted. “Are you kidding? I was way too careful to have something like that. I don’t have a single photo of him anywhere.” He frowned at his plate. “I kind of regret that. His face gets a little fuzzier in my mind every year that goes by. Sometimes I worry I’ll forget it completely.” “You won’t,” Eric said. “You may not remember every detail, but most of it stays with you.”
― Jay Bell, Something Like Winter

“Some ghosts haunt you for life. The best you can do is make room on the couch and get used to living with them.”
― Jay Bell, Something Like Winter

“Enséñame a volar, mi mariposa hermosa,’ Tim said suddenly. ‘It’s from a poem I— Well, it’s from a poem.’

‘What’s it mean?’

”Teach me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly.”

- Tim Wyman”
― Jay Bell

“You never stop loving someone.”
― Jay Bell, Something Like Winter