Manuel Silva

“i hardened under the last loss. it took something human out of me. i used to be so deeply emotional i’d crumble on demand. but now the water has made its exit. of course i care about the ones around me. i’m just struggling to show it. a wall is getting in the way. i used to dream of being so strong nothing could shake me. now. i am. so strong. that nothing shakes me. and all i dream is to soften.”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“never feel guilty for starting again”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“He killed my soul, which should be a crime. Actually, it is a crime. According to me, at least.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War