Lainey

“I don’t mean to sound pessimistic. I only do because I can see how wrong my choices were. Don’t do it like this. Don’t enter believing yourself a node in a grand undertaking, that your past and your trauma will define your future, that individuals don’t matter. The most radical thing I ever did was love him, and I wasn’t even the first person in this story to do that. But you can get it right, if you try. You will have hope, and you have been forgiven. Forgiveness, which takes you back to the person you were and lets you reset them. Hope, which exists in a future in which you are new. Forgiveness and hope are miracles. They let you change your life. They are time-travel.”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

“The native people believe that the fox presents itself only in times of great uncertainty. That it acts as a guide.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River

“Monday, February 1. A snowstorm… Thursday, February 4. It snowed… Saturday, February 6. A very cold day… Sunday, February 7. Clear and excessive cold… Monday, February 8. Terrible, cold, and windy… “God, I hate winter,” I say,”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River

“It’s an unimaginative accusation and one that I am frankly tired of hearing. Witchcraft. As though there is no other explanation for a woman who excels at her work.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River