“But I want my life to have meaning because I give it meaning, not because someone else says that it does. I want my life to mean something because I create. Because I love. Because I make the world a… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“If you're afraid, think about tomorrow, because tomorrow will be a new day. Tomorrow, there'll be new chances, I'll be home.” — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“This is what our world is now: the dead, the lost, the wounded. Could I have done anything about it? Could I have prevented… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“Love me or hate me if you want, I don't care. But do it for all that I am, with all that I am.” — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“We fly to an otherworldly place, one that does not play by the same rules. The evergreens wear an armor of snow. The air… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“In Abuela’s stories of brujería, witches and spells, Tyler would be possessed. Grief would’ve let the darkness in, and that darkness would consume him.… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“But what they failed to tell us is that running away and saving your own skin is only noble when you don’t leave anyone… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“But I want my life to have meaning because I give it meaning, not because someone else says that it does. I want my… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“Grief is one big, gaping hole, isn’t it? It’s everywhere and all consuming. Some days you think you can’t go on because the only… — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
“Terror is our strongest force because we're only afraid when we have something to lose - our lives, our loves. . . our dignity.” — Marieke Nijkamp Copy Share Image
