Jade

“Maybe that’s why God made childbirth so painful, so that when your life is wrecked by children you know it could be worse.”
― J.T. Lawrence, The Memory of Water

“You’re a taker. And you’ve been taking for a long time. And I think that you can only take so much from the universe before it closes shop.”
― J.T. Lawrence, The Memory of Water

“the most basic rule of human discourse: when someone says they’re going to be honest with you, they are in most cases preparing to lie faster”
― Stephen King, Finders Keepers

“Time itself is a gift-curse. Time says: ‘Look here! Here is a precious moment to do something with!’ Then as soon as you try to grasp the moment, it’s gone. And you haven’t done anything. And while you’re thinking about that, there is another moment, and then it too is gone. Cruel, like an eternal game of pass-the-parcel.”
― J.T. Lawrence, The Memory of Water