Taylor Claflin

“I embrace my solitude as a beautiful gift; I will become beautiful through it.”
― Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

“...he did not fear death but grief, the ache of being alone and mangled by change. Yet he was not ready to make peace with the end.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“Lewis, you've told me so much about Wren, sometimes I think I miss her, too.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“Will you let me stand beside you on your plot of earth? We'll tell the weeds to grow tall around our ankles, and when the wind gives us sycamore seeds, we'll raise them as sprouts, seedlings, saplings until they overpower, shade, and nurture us. Our trees will grow for two hand years or more as our union becomes even more unquestionable and strong.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart