WHY I'M INSPIRED BY… @courtney_s

I woke up and the last piece of my heart disappeared. I opened my eyes and I felt it go.

-Courtney Summers, This is Not a Test p. 1

The thing no one tells you about surviving, about the mere act of holding out, is how many hours are nothing because nothing happens. They also don’t tell you about how you can share your deepest secrets with someone, kiss them, and the next hour it’s like there’s nothing between you because not everything can mean something all the time or you’d be crushed under the weight of it.

-Courtney Summers, This is Not a Test p. 223

WHY I'M INSPIRED BY… @sarahockler

Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up. 

-Sarah Ockler, Twenty Boy Summer p. 28

 

Like the stars, fading with the halo of the vanishing moon. Like the ocean, falling and whispering against the shore. Nothing ever really goes away - it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.

-Sarah Ockler, Twenty Boy Summer p. 289