Alba

“I guess hearts are slippery because they’re covered in blood. I wish I could bleed mine dry. Then I’d miss you less.”
― Jade Song, Chlorine

“How was I supposed to differentiate between the pain due to the concussion and the pain due to the agony of everyday human life?”
― Jade Song, Chlorine

“That's the thing they never tell you about love stories: just because one ends, that doesn't mean it failed. A cherry pie isn't a failure just because you eat it all. It's perfect for what it is, and then it's gone. And exchanging the truest parts of yourself--all the things you are--with someone? What a slice of life. One I'll carry with me into every single someday.”
― Emery Lord, When We Collided

“Growing old... why, in this civilization, do we treat it as a disaster, valuing as we do the woman who 'stays young'? Why 'stay young' when adventure lies in change and growth?”
― May Sarton, Plant Dreaming Deep