Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy.
Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.
Books belong to their readers.
Grateful to be a little boat, full of water, still floating.
I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story.
You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together.