“Bethany Winston once told me that time was like a closet. No matter what you do or how good your intentions are, you will always fill your time and closets with things that don’t matter. “That’s why funerals are so important”, she’d said. “They force you to clean out closets and reevaluate how you spend your time (…).”

“Because knowledge is only a cage if you dwell in isolation.”

“When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.”