Erika

“It hurts to live after someone has died. It just does. It can hurt to walk down a hallway or open the fridge. It hurts to put on a pair of socks, to brush your teeth. Food tastes like nothing. Colors go flat. Music hurts, and so do memories. You look at something you’d otherwise find beautiful—a purple sky at sunset or a playground full of kids—and it only somehow deepens the loss. Grief is so lonely this way.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“I think that’s why it’s important that we express ourselves: you never know who might be listening and who needs to hear you.”
― John Paul Brammer, ¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

“Humans mourn time, because it’s the only currency that really matters in a life so short.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King