Whether or not the person I think of as me undergoes any essential changes, the earth never stops circling the sun at it's old speed.

“My head is like some ridiculous barn packed full of stuff I want to write about.”

“Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.”

“Ik zie de Bibliothecaresse dagelijks, maar de leegte in mij blijft. Ik lees de …”

“There was something strange about her becoming 20. I felt as if the only thing …”