catherine

“We don't have to grieve only those we know. Sometimes we grieve for that which was lost. That which was never allowed to be.”
― Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

“In a world driven by a sense that deliberate optimization is always the route to progress, sometimes the contingent accidents are the ones that most inspire and improve our lives.”
― Brian Klaas, Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

“It's my belief that we are just an ever-changing collection of memories that, when added up, create the illusion of self.”
― Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

“The trick is forgetting for one moment and then forgetting for another moment and then look, the moments run together like a string of beads, and there is heartbreak in the forgetting of heartbreak, in the forgetting of pain, which returns bright and pulsing regardless of the seconds it has been put aside. Do not leave me here, it tells you. Pain becomes an animal, walking at your side. Pain becomes a home you can carry with you.”
― Sophie Mackintosh, Cursed Bread