Emily

“I imagine you working on me as an algebra problem, reducing me to fractions, crossing out common denominators, until there's nothing left on the page but a line that says x = whatever it is that is wrong with me.”
― Patricia McCormick, Cut

“This moment will just be another story someday.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.”
― Paula Fox

“Instead, we linger over a luxury that costs nothing: Imagining what may be.”
― Patricia McCormick, Sold