Jessica

“And there was something indescribably lovely about this, the baby who’d once jabbed with restless knees at your internal organs sitting beside you on a park bench and benevolently giving you shit, and it occurred to her that it was moments like these that made being alive feel worth it, little blips of contentment amid the mayhem and status quo.”
― Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had

“Don't we touch each other just to prove we're still here?”
― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

“You will always remember what you were doing when it hurts the most.”
― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

“It doesn’t matter how old someone is, it’s what they’ve experienced that counts. People can get to be a hundred and not experience a thing.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills