“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 thing waiting for you is more despair. Some days you don’t want to go on because… — 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
