#christina-westover

"About writing:The trick is to make sure you love what you've produced--to Believe..in order to convince."

"How do you even know I'm someone you'll want to remember? We've only seen each other once before.'(Amber)'Have you ever looked at a painting and known you had something in common with it? Have you ever seen something so beautiful you feel like crying? When I see you, I feel that way. I feel like the deepest part of me understands something vital about you.'(Virgil Daly)"

"She realized, when relationships failed to last, it was not because love was no longer present, but because people had stopped believing in themselves and in their partners."

"Inhale when I inhale. Exhale when I exhale. Breathe with me,for two beating hearts breathing one breath together become one."

"Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart."

"Anything creative requires a bit of acting,and filling in blanks with imagination."

"It may be escapist, but if I have a choice between watching the news or reading a book which gets me to see the world through different eyes, I will always choose the latter!"

"You know how sometimes you remember a place you once loved, a movie you’ve enjoyed, only to be disappointed when you return to that place or see that movie for a second time? Well, it wasn’t disappointing. She sounds exactly as I remember her—and there is still something so warm and caring about her that it is difficult to hate her for how she abandoned us."