♡♣ Shivani ♣♢ { Fly high estelle ♥ } PRIDE MONTH!

“Did you know that Sean called Joey ‘Da-Da’ until he was two?” I interrupted sharply. My eyes were wide and full of unshed tears, my hands balled into fists and shaking at my sides. “Sean actually thought his brother was his daddy. I suppose it would be an easy mistake to make, you know, considering Joey sat up most nights doing his night feeds and changing his nappies when Mam was working nights or drowning in her depression. So, go ahead and tell Sean how irrelevant Joey is. Or better still, tell Ollie and Tadhg that every time Joey slept outside their bedroom door, for fear our father would go after them, was irrelevant. Tell them about how all the beatings Joey took for them were irrelevant. Tell me how irrelevant the brother who fed us when we were starving, stuck up for us when we had no one, gave us money when we needed it for school—” My voice cracked and I dragged in several deep breaths before I could continue. “Tell me how irrelevant he is, Darren,” I choked out, feeling the burning protest of my lungs from the sudden exertion. “Go right ahead and do it!”
― Chloe Walsh, Keeping 13

“The days to come will only grow darker, and when you find something good, hold onto it. We don't waste time worrying about things that won't even matter in the end. Rather, we take a risk for that light.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“Do you remember me?” I whisper. I have to force myself to remain steady”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me

“She didn't know what it was like when she wasn't there. The Sun doesn't know the night because it brings it's own light. And to Jacks, Evangeline was the Sun.”
― Stephanie Garber, The ​Mirror of Infinite Endings