Jamie (Arirthos)

“People say things like “Out of sight, out of mind” or “Love or even hate-love grows only when you meet often enough,” but they didn’t apply to Shoko. For her to call someone a friend, they had to be a safe distance away, out of sight and out of earshot, with absolutely zero chance of ever intruding on her life.”
― Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories

“From far away, the laughter was a crackle of noise, like some distant fireworks lit in honor of a hero’s passing—and up close, it was almost overwhelming, a bright and wincing joy that would make one realize there is no correct way to shake hands with pain.”
― Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

“There is a certain quality to a person who is not able to be themselves-something deeper than depression or discontendedness, it is the experience of withdrawing oneself from the world, and perhaps most painfully from oneself.”
― Schuyler Bailar

“There is no correct way to shake hands with pain.”
― Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water