Micah McCabe

“Look, he’s not totally wrong.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after twelve years at the gallery, it’s that sometimes art isn’t a matter of skill or technique. Sometimes it is about experience. So maybe you’ve got some more living to do. But that’s the case with everyone, whether you’ve grown up in a big city or a small town, whether you’re going to school in Paris or not.”
“I know that. It’s just…”
“It’s hard. It is. But the hurt and rejection and disappointment? It’ll help you grow as an artist. And it’ll all be worth it when you finally get it right.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love

“what do you love most about the world?"
Ida smiles. "I love that every generation thinks they've invented it. They think they're the first ones to fall in love and get their hearts broken, to feel loss and passion and pain. And in a way, they are. We've been there before, of course. But for young people, that doesn't matter. Everything is new. Which I love, because it means everything is always beginning again. It's hopeful, I think. At least to me.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love

“It’s a long story,” he says eventually, and he can almost feel her
peering up at him through the dark.
“The good ones usually are.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Field Notes on Love