Shana > Shana's Quotes

“Maybe my nows will be difficult, and lonely, and full of hurt. Probably they will. But not all of them. Mostly, they will be mine. Each now, a chance to acknowledge what is in front of me. To do my best. An inhale. An exhale. A chance.”
― Shana Youngdahl, As Many Nows as I Can Get

“At what point did I stop being a planet in orbit, held in place by familiar forces of gravity? And after the cosmic collision that followed, after I cut myself loose, cast myself off, made myself alone, will I ever return to my old orbit? Can I? Do I want to?”
― Shana Youngdahl, As Many Nows as I Can Get

“All these nows happening at once. And if all our nows happen at once, then death—it’s just a scavenger hunt through time.”
― Shana Youngdahl, As Many Nows as I Can Get