Poetry Quote by Jandy Nelson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Everyone has always said I look like Bailey, but I don't.”

“There once was a girl who found herself dead.”

“I drop on my back on the bed, panting and sweating. How will I survive this missing? How do others do it? People die all the time. Every day. Every hour. There are families all over the world staring at beds that are no longer slept in, shoes that are no longer worn. Families that no longer have to buy a particular cereal, a kind of shampoo. There are people everywhere standing in line at the movies, buying curtains, walking dogs, while inside, their hearts are ripping to shreds. For years. For their whole lives. I don't believe time heals. I don't want it to. If I heal, doesn't that mean I've accepted the world without her?”

“it's okay to be addicted to beauty," Mom says, all dreamy. "Emerson said 'beauty is God's handwriting.”

“You’re not a bad person, you’re just a little bit different and I’m a sucker for that.”

“Now is History as fast as the mind remembers.”

“I am ashamed of my century, but I have to smile.”

“Moments caught in time. Simple memories spread out before me. Timeless reminders of how life goes on, even when it feels as if you cannot.”

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“there isn't enough of anything”