Things Jess Loves

“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”

I rise from my worst disasters, I turn, I change.

They called her witch because she knew how to heal herself.

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time

“Maybe there is something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.”

I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.

People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.