All the Little Lights

by Jamie McGuire

I didn’t get what I asked for very often, so the camera in my hands was more than a gift. It meant someone was listening.

people can only make us angry if we let them, and if we let them, we give them power.”

you either get good at rising above and meeting ignorance with education, or you get really good at being bitter.”

You are in control of your emotions. You’re in control of your reaction. You can, at any time, change the way you feel.

Elliott made me feel safe in a way I hadn’t since the day he’d left, like I wasn’t trying to survive alone.