Earth's Solace, Neptune's Storms Quotes

“But I suppose that was the problem, really. I think that maybe Neptune didn’t know who he was, deep down. And that maybe that’s why he was so interested in every little thing I had to say. Maybe it didn’t have anything to do with me at all. Maybe he was searching for himself, somewhere in the niches and grooves of what I told him.

I think that was it. At least that was it during those college days. I think Nep was listening… eager—eager to discover himself through discovering me.

I don’t fault myself for not seeing it at the time. He was so strikingly unique—so colorful and heartfelt and firm in his opinions—that I never could have guessed that underneath, he was still scrambling to find out who he was.

I guess most people are, during college—trying to wiggle their way into themselves, trying on different versions, seeing what fits.

I guess some people are always doing that, even after college.

I guess some people spend their entire lives doing that—searching and squirming and chasing after that most elusive of all prizes: Identity.”
― Mereda Hart Farynyk, Earth's Solace, Neptune's Storms