The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole Quotes

“Maybe what I'd thought was my superpower was actually just this: I was finally able to see that nothing was simply good or bad, that everyone contained multitudes, and that I, like anyone, was a beautiful, swirling, chaotic galaxy of all the things that had ever happened to me.”
― Michelle Cuevas, The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

“It's like the stars in our constellations that we made," you said. "Even if one star dies far, far away, its light is still visible, and the constellation it helped to make remains. A thing can be gone and still be your guide." He took my hand. "You know what I would say in any situation, what advice I would give, how much I'll always believe in you. That belongs to you. That love. And no one can touch it, or alter it, or take it away. It will live in you your whole life. Who knows, maybe longer.”
― Michelle Cuevas, The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

“It turns out that it's possible, if you are careful, to feel all the feelings that come with having and caring for a black hole, but to still not be consumed by it. I was, I realized, no longer afraid-- not of this darkness, or any other.”
― Michelle Cuevas, The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

“I guess that's what pain can do if you allow it: crack you open, let light in, and show you what's on the inside.”
― Michelle Cuevas, The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole