“You had a spirit in you also,” the healer goes on. “It was a strong spirit. Greedy. Selfish. It took your energy, took up too much space everywhere inside you. You had to feed it, always. It was hungry. But recently the spirit left you, and now you’re weak. It was holding you up. Now you have to hold yourself up. Your body must learn again, to live without it.” RelationshipsHeartbreak Book:My Heart Underwater Source: My Heart Underwater
“I’m afraid my crushes are dangerous for me. Maybe my heart will lead me the wrong way, always. Back into something that’ll always end bad. Into the wrong waters, where I’ll drown.” RelationshipsHeartbreakCrushes Book:My Heart Underwater Source: My Heart Underwater
“I feel my heart underwater here. It’s strong and steady now, not drowning. I’m held. I’m afloat. I’m home.” LoveHomeBelonging Book:My Heart Underwater Source: My Heart Underwater
“Love was her steady rebellion—against her parents, against poverty, against, now, my dad’s accident. And my dad still returned that love. They’d built something that would last beyond any way they, or the world, would change” LoveRelationshipsMarriage Book:My Heart Underwater Source: My Heart Underwater