Time Passes

"Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed."

— Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You 

Alchemy of Tears

"So if people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel bad for them. If they’ve never cried for a fictional character, then they’ve never loved one (and what a joy that is). If they’ve never cried at a book, a movie, a piece of music, then they’ve missed one of the great pleasures life has to offer. Just because fiction does not contain things that are real doesn’t mean it doesn’t contain truth, and we find it through the alchemy of our tears."

— Cassandra Clare 

Don't live the ending before the beginning

You’re wasting this life
expecting disappointment.

— Eliza Griswold 

Do I Stay Or Do I Go

"There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself."

— Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid 

The Swell

“You’ve felt it, haven’t you? Those feelings that seem to get so big in your chest, like something is so beautiful it aches? "
— Heather Anastasiu, Glitch 

Humans of New York

"...but if you can break the crowd into pieces, then break the stone face armor until the honesty spills out, the city softens."

-Bill Wier, on humansofny

For a Different Story: A Catalyst

And there was this very strong sense that I hadn’t just dodged a bullet, but that that answered prayer was actually in service of a different story.

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I spent much of my youth in search of due north. Wondering where it was and what it was and if I was moving in the right direction, spinning in circles because without a map between my hands I was out of my depth.

Meg Fee