#quotegrief

[wastedwinter]

Ocean Vuong, from “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”

[wastedwinter]

I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.... That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past.... Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.

—Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

[wastedwinter]

Nick Laird, from “Up Late”   (Granta Issue 154)

[wastedwinter]

As for what will become of my body that will depend on who its ownership falls to, as I will be incapable of preference or selfhood.

– Christopher Robinson, from “The Death of My Grandfather”

[wastedwinter]

Being temporary doesn't make something matter any less, because the point isn't for how long, the point is that it happened.

Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means