Leishla Roman

“They say the farther away you are from the beach, the louder it sounds. That way it's always with you and you can always find your way back.”
― Kerry Kletter, The First Time She Drowned

“Things change everyday. With each new dawn, it is not the same world as before. And you’re not the same person you were either.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I am learning through my work with Liz that part of being healthy is being able to hold and remember who people actually are instead of who we wish they were. It's a daily struggle against a brain that tends to want to cling to a fairy-tale hope, but it's also the only way to guarantee a life surrounded by those who build rather than destroy. In the end, the loss is about letting go of what I never had in the first place.”
― Kerry Kletter, The First Time She Drowned

“That's the weirdest thing about being cut off from life. Everything gets washed out or muted or recedes into the background except for other people's laughter. Other people's laughter gets very loud and jarring. It penetrates. It is a reminder that other people live.”
― Kerry Kletter, The First Time She Drowned