Ana Sant’Ana

“Haven’t you ever seen someone standing alone?
I shrug. Just one.
Why don’t you talk to that child?
Because it’s me and Devon told me I shouldn’t talk to myself. Not in public anyway”
― Kathryn Erskine, Mockingbird

“I am tired of twisting myself into painful shapes for mere scraps of respect or consideration. Tired of bending this way and that in search of approval that will only ever be half granted.”
― Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

“The sun rises the next day after mothers lose their babies, after men lose their wives, after countries lose wars. The sun will rise no matter what pain we encounter. No matter how much we believe the world to be over, the sun will rise. So you can’t go around assessing love by whether or not the sun rises. The sun doesn’t care about love. It just cares about rising.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do

“My heart is truly broken. And I know that even if it mends, it will look different, feel different, beat differently.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do