May we live impossibly,” Sebby said when he opened his eyes. “Against all odds. May people look at us and wonder how such jewels can sparkle in the sad desert of the world. May we live the impossible life.

~ Kate Scelsa

Kate Scelsa Depression Hope Life Living

They rolled up the maps of their bodies until they were two continents of interlocking roads and rivers and dreams, and she thought, ‘This is how I will learn to live again’.

~ Kate Scelsa

Kate Scelsa Depression Despair Hope

I picked up the blue tube again, unscrewed the cap, and squeezed a perfect line of paint onto the palate. As soon as I brushed it on the canvas, I was responsible for it, for the inevitable imperfections. My world had always been like that paint, left on a palate. That color was a passive observer. But not it wanted to make something of itself. And I was terrified.

~ Kate Scelsa

Kate Scelsa Fansoftheimpossiblelife Realisticfiction Ya

In a really good thrift store you feel like you're in a room with all of these stories, and it's up to you to go and find the stories that you want to bring home with you. And then when you wear the clothes, they help you tell a new story, but they're bringing that old part with them and with you and you're benefiting from that in a way that you can't even really understand.

~ Kate Scelsa

Kate Scelsa Fansoftheimpossiblelife Realisticfiction Thriftshopping Ya

What if the insane are too raw to know which stations are real and which are just confused static?

~ Kate Scelsa

Kate Scelsa Fansoftheimpossiblelife Insanity Madness Realisticfiction Ya

Look. Vegan, gluten-free quiche.What exactly makes it quiche?Well, the shape, I guess. It's quiche shaped.Sounds great.Your sarcasm is not appreciated.Sounds gross.Thank you. Honesty.

~ Kate Scelsa

Kate Scelsa Fansoftheimpossiblelife Realisticfiction Ya