Daughters of Sea and Storm Quotes

“That liminal space of twilight seemed, to me, the right time to hold a funeral. There was something wrong about standing around a coffin at ten o’clock in the morning, and then having to just… continue with your day. Eat lunch. Run errands. Twilight felt more fitting somehow—saying goodbye as the day says goodbye, and letting the stars rise over a quiet night of reflection. If you simply wanted to tumble into bed and cry yourself to sleep, you could; and no one would expect you to make conversation or politely pick at a plate of buffet pasta.”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm

“reached into my bag”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm

“I had a fleeting urge to reach back in time, snatch up every one of those princess stories, and rip them to shreds. We had to rescue ourselves or not at all, and it would be a fight all the way. Those stories were nothing but lies to keep us helpless.”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm

“it’s not every man who can get over his damn self and connect with the divine feminine;”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm

“Thinking too much is how we talk ourselves out of stuff.”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm

“that’s how Sedgwick Cove has always treated funerals—a celebration of someone’s life rather than a marking of the end of it.”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm

“We don’t believe in somber or sullen send-offs. Our spirits burn bright, and so do our goodbyes.”
― E.E. Holmes, Daughters of Sea and Storm