Jess

“Will you let me stand beside you on your plot of earth? We'll tell the weeds to grow tall around our ankles, and when the wind gives us sycamore seeds, we'll raise them as sprouts, seedlings, saplings until they overpower, shade, and nurture us. Our trees will grow for two hand years or more as our union becomes even more unquestionable and strong.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“All the hours he spent theorizing about magic seemed so naive now. The main ingredient in transformation was not magic, it was pain.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“In the rare hopeful hour, I tell myself this darkness has a purpose: to help me recognize light if I ever find it again.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“If we never deny
the inevitable end
of the story,
we will write it
more beautiful
while we're alive.”
― Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning