Stella

“That’s the thing about grief, I guess. It steals the air from your lungs just as you’ve finally figured out how to breathe.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“In a different life…” I pause, emotion suddenly clogging my throat. “I’d love you out loud.”
― Emily McIntire, Hexed

“When you go back, no matter how hard you try, the present won’t change.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“ever. He wasn’t sure what to make of this fact. The word loss was inadequate. Loss just meant a lack, meant something was missing, but it did not encompass the totality of this severance, this terrifying un-anchoring from all that he’d ever known.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel