Sarah

“The old-growth trees drooped above, light coming through in impressionist splashes.”
― Don Gillmor, Breaking and Entering

“God, I could live in this moment of anticipation forever. This moment when desire burns so bright that it could incinerate every rule & condition, if we just added a splash more gasoline to the fire. In this moment, there is no aftermath, no coming back to our senses. The only way out is to give in. Fuck the consequences.”
― Brynne Weaver, Scythe & Sparrow

“The thing everyone says about misery is true. I was so used to standing in the way of my own light that I couldn't stand the light coming from anyone or anywhere else.”
― Aomawa Shields, Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe

“Dr. Fortson, was at once self-assured and modest, his professionalism innate. He had learned from experience to present himself as calm, unhurried. He had all the time in the world for my mother, and I said to myself, You are wise, Dr. Fortson, because this is a woman who deserves all the time in the world.”
― Kate Mulgrew, How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir