Underneath the Sycamore Tree

by B. Celeste

Reality is ugly and painful and full of the kind of heartache that some books help you forget exist for a short period.

There are lots of quotes about time. Time is fleeting. Time is valuable. Time shouldn’t be wasted.

Time is a luxury we can’t all afford.

“It turns the person you love more than anything in the world into somebody different. It isn’t just a physical transformation but a mental and emotional one. When it takes over, there’s very little in their control they can do.

The truth is you never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

“We get one life. One chance. One opportunity to live. Why should I spend that in more pain than I already do? Anybody can hurt me, but if I choose not to let them, I can find some solace in what life has given me. It’s not much, but it’s something.”

Fiction has a way of revealing the types of truths that reality obscures.