Stephanie A.

“The quiet of a school emptied for the summer is that of a hotel closed for winter, a library closed for the night, ghosts swirling through the rooms.”
― Alexander Maksik, You Deserve Nothing

“How does dirt find its way into old houses like it does? Sometimes I think it's the house itself, old and disintegrating by degrees, breathing out sighs of itself, sighs longing for a little bit of notice.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“The problem with collecting other people's junk is you just don't know what to do with it when you don't want it anymore. You feel bad about throwing it to the curb. It's too much trouble to sell. So you keep it around, knowing if you can't redeem it, exactly, you've at least rescued it. Somewhat.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“a whole generation was more concerned with reassuring each other it was fine to stay in their mutual pits of gloom than with helping each other climb out of them.”
― Lauren Bravo, Preloved