“Traveling, she realized, was like a slow dismemberment of the body. It plucked the heart out of her and split it into pieces, leaving a bit behind wherever she went, never to be whole again.” TravelHeartacheHomesickness Book:A Different Familiar Source: A Different Familiar
“People are like mussels. You can put them in a vat of boiling water, and some of them will pop open immediately. Some of them will have to float around in the water for a bit, then they’ll slowly release. Others never open up at all, no matter what sort of hot water they’re in.” Human NatureOpening UpMussels Book:A Different Familiar Source: A Different Familiar
“Are guilt and regret not messages from inside of us, letting us know that our moral compasses have been recalibrated and are pointing in the right direction?” RegretMoralityGuilt Book:A Different Familiar Source: A Different Familiar