Status Updates From Heart of the Sun

“His eyes met mine and he said the most beautiful two words in the English language, the ones I'd been waiting to hear from him for two thousand miles and also my entire life: "We're home."

“This inexplicable knowing that clogged my throat and filled my heart. It suddenly seemed so clear to me that redemption was everywhere, in every moment of every day. And so too...was mercy.”

“Legacy is everlasting.”

“My Emily. My wildflower. The thorn in my side. A silken-voiced troublemaker. Little Showboat. She was kind and unpredictable and slightly wild, even if she'd let herself be tamed for a while. But for that stretch of time, she was completely and utterly free. We both were.”

MY HEART

“We all might crash and burn, but for that moment, for right then, we were young and alive, and we had already come so far that I believed nothing could stop us.”

“I was falling... God, it had happened quickly. Or maybe it had happened far too slowly. But either way, it made me feel both breathless and terrified. Like one of those ships floating alone in uncharted water.”

“Emily had needed music like she needed air.”

“Do you think there's such a thing as creating a moment that rights everything that's gone so horribly wrong? If one moment can ruin everything, maybe one moment can fix it too."

“But see, Tuck, it was just a moment, a moment where either of us could have reacted differently, better maybe, but we didn't, and so life moved forward the way it did. That's what life does in the wake of our choices, good, bad, or in-between."

“The gentleness in her eyes made me want to fall into her and never come up for air.”

"I promised you I'd keep you safe, didn't I?”
"Yeah, but even you can't protect me from everything.”
"Watch me."

Society was collapsing.

“Even the hardest parts of our lives provided positive from which to draw.”

“I was going to cling to the fact that I was scared, I would face this challenge with grace and I’d be proud of myself when I look back at this traumatic time.”

“how was it that I’d witness thousands of sunsets in my life, and yet one could still stun me?”