Emma Nelson > Recent Status Updates

“It is an empty story, a hollow thought.”
“Redemption is none such.”
“Yes, it is. It is old and stale.”
“No! It is new as the morning, fresh as the day.”
“It is a withered thing.”
“It is the chance of every man!”

I cry. I weep. A beautiful allegory all the way through — redemption + hope!

Whatever Mia Floriani reads, I read

loving this

“That being said, any loss is irrevocable. No one steps into the place they once were. But the act of loving someone would not be so beautiful if their place could ever be filled. We need loss, I suppose. Perhaps there is something even holy in it.”

Already so much more intriguing and complex than the first one - excited to see where it goes

On a Beth Brewer kick

“That’s part of maintaining connecting with people. You give yourself a little to what they give themselves to a lot. And they do the same for you.”

oh I think I am a fan

“Could he pull off their trick, their joke, just once more? He thinks he can. He thinks he will.”

I know I’ve seen the movie but why is it just as devastating to read again ?! 🫠

had good reviews and was free on kindle unlimited and that’s abt all I know!

feels like the holiday but more depth and I’m loooving it

guys I’m sorry the romantic conflict in this book makes no sense to me

I really can’t defend her writing but I’m sucked in nonetheless

Almost forgot abt this series but turns out it’s on kindle unlimited so I have to see it through now

well I really was not expecting that twist!

“That God that my mom thinks she serves- he’s so much smaller than who I think the real one is. The real one- to me, he’s everywhere, in everything. And sure, maybe he speaks through the Bible. But also maybe he speaks through Narnia and Harry Potter despite JK Rowling lately, and the trees, and science, and the stars and you can feel it in your chest.”
Like yeah.

heard good things about this… I’ll keep yall updated 🤙🏻

“All of May was a race. Against my aunt. Against time. Against the portions of life which were simply too much, even if any of them are good. I am saturated and ready to bleed out the intensity of the color. I intend to trap serenity, if I can catch it.”

I mean just beautiful. Every time. Cheers to Stonecrop!

“‘I’ve experienced something I can’t quite understand. What do you do with it?”
‘A state I’ve known. I wait on the shores of mystery to see what the tide will bring in.’
And so we sat in a companionable silence, listening to the sound of the tide move around our feet as we both waited on the shore of our respective mysteries.”

“Andi think that was the moment I began to suspect that the luck Hawkes spoke of might really only be an awareness - an awareness of grace.”

“It’s messier than we ever imagined it to be as children,” he said.
“What?”
“Life.”

I think Emma is Jo March’s twin flame