"I lived by the woods, and I spent much of my childhood digging snail shells out of the mud after it rained, attempting to tame ladybugs, and drinking from sprinklers." (the I is literally me. this is creative nonfiction, hello)
"To write fiction is to be in communication with reality; even the most “escapist” fiction provides an avenue through which we can better understand the world and ourselves."
"His boarding was a former-monastery-for-rent, and he was excitedly pacing the length of his room and flipping his coin." (I particularly like this line because it's a) based on my aunts' first lodging when they moved to Portugal, and b) Eizen gets a moment to just..express joy the way that...
"But the loss of something you’ve had for two years, even if it was something you’d been dragging around, was still difficult to let go of. Even the ache in your back from a burden was familiar."
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