Estee

“We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

“Nothing guarantees happiness. I’m not certain happiness should be the goal. Satisfaction, maybe. A sense of purpose. Contribution. Authenticity. Happiness? It’s a lightweight goal. And meanwhile, I suspect that turning away from yourself will guarantee the opposite of happiness.”
― Danielle Younge-Ullman, Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

“Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long dead and buried deep.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

“Jamison keeps the last line of a poem on her desk that draws her in when things go dark and she is exhausted by the futile attempts to pull meaning from life. it is from Douglas Dunn's "Disenchantments," and I have copied the line to help me through my darkest hours. "Look to the living, love them, and hold on.”
― sheila hamilton