“ I lit a cigarette. 'Go ahead, take a smoke,' my father said. 'It won't kill you. Only sadness will. ”
My brain came alight with tenderness for her. I felt so sorry for everything. I yearned to embrace her, kiss her even, to stay with her, always her, my sister, my friend to the end. It was a story after all, even if a sick one. It was completely ours.
~ Hannah Lillith Assadi
I wanted to walk faster, to run, far as possible from her, from my entire life, from the first day I ever saw her always just a few steps ahead.
Don't fall in love or let anyone's life become more important than your own.
I am a memory house for those I have lost, those I no longer know.