Garrett Chua

“A haunting memory flooded over Ethan when his own little sister had died. He had not thought of her in years! He glanced at the other chairs that sat empty around the table and wondered how different, or better his life would have been if she had lived. He tried to imagine her sitting there, but had trouble conjuring up her face.”
― Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

“Swim, crawl, stagger, walk, bend, stagger and gone – that’s life in simple terms, and all that matters here is how well we fought.”
― Merlin Franco, A Dowryless Wedding

“When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.”
― E.M. Forster, The Life to Come and Other Stories

“That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.”
― Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World