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

“But with Hugo, there was no thinking, only feeling. Everything else melted away, and the world went quiet. There was something almost inevitable about it, something automatic, like it was the most obvious thing in the world, to be kissing him like that.”
― 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