Releasing 10

“I’ll never have a greater friend, Hugh Biggs, or a greater love.”

“Promises have to be kept to mean something,”

“You threw away forever with me for temporary with him.”

She was my chosen field, my strongest subject, and I was sure no other heart could be a specialist in the field of Elizabeth Eleanor Young.

The ship that was my life felt like it had finally reached calmer waters.

That was a problem I had: obsessing over things I loved the most. It wasn’t something I had control over. When I felt things, I felt them with every part of my heart. When I was sad or cross, it was the same. I couldn’t be steady or still in myself. I felt the full wrath of my emotions at any given chance.

“There’s no such thing as normal, Liz. It doesn’t exist. It’s just a word someone invented to make everyone behave the exact same way so they can tick the exact same boxes.”

“Just because you can’t see your father’s illness, doesn’t mean that it’s any less deserving of empathy”