“Maybe Shakespeare was right. Maybe all the world was a stage. Maybe without the act everything would fall apart. The key to happiness wasn't being yourself, because what did that even mean? Everyone had many selves. No. The key to happiness is finding the lie that suits you best.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“The sky has turned the color of sandy red clay: orange cream. The heat of the day at its heaviest: the insects awoken from their winter slumber. I cannot bear the world.”
― Sing, Unburied, Sing
― Sing, Unburied, Sing
“No matter who else is mourning, you’re in your own little cell. Even when people try to comfort you, you’re aware that now there is a barrier between you and them, made of the horrible thing that happened, that keeps you isolated.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“There is light suddenly everywhere, the light of your life speaking to you. What it tells you is almost the same as what happened.
Never mind that almost isn’t good enough; it’s all you have.”
― Edinburgh
Never mind that almost isn’t good enough; it’s all you have.”
― Edinburgh
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