Jess

“Mom was right—grief was a love song in reverse. The notes were still there, but they sounded a little different.”
― Ashley Poston, Sounds Like Love

“The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life. Once the lava slows and cools, it solidifies and then breaks down over time to become soil - rich, fertile soil.
She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.
She could plant a forest inside herself.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“How do I forgive my past self for all the futures I didn’t become? I don’t know.”
― Ashley Poston, Sounds Like Love

“She looked like the nostalgia that settles in your ribs at the end of a story you have never read, yet nevertheless know.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride