Jeremy

“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
― Walker Evans

“What I didn’t know back then, is that I was cold. I’d turned off the longing, knowing that if I let one bit of weakness in, I’d tumble down that rabbit hole of sorrow.”
― Suzanne Palmieri, The Witch of Belladonna Bay

“Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“I had done all the right things. I had Lily. I had Jeffrey. I had a family. And then I didn’t. I don’t understand how my life got so empty, or why the octopus came, or why everyone eventually goes away.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus