“There’s nothing good about losing someone,” she says. “But maybe Lucy wasn’t supposed to be your compass forever. Maybe she was there for you just long enough so you could learn how to be your own compass and find your… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“En pointe she was a force, a tornado: safe to look at from a distance, but in close proximity, you risked being just another… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“I wish there were some kind of magic words that could bridge the gap between the person I am and the one I wish… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“The coat was black and drab and obviously purchased for the sake of utility without any thought of fashion. It's the type of sacrifice… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that childhood ends and adult life begins the moment you stop believing your parents can rescue you.” — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“At what point does another person's extraordinary become your ordinary?” — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's easy to forget that it takes some amount of bravery to live your life one way and then suddenly diverge from that… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“It's incredible to me to think that all these objects can hold so much meaning, but at the end of the day they're objects… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“Captain James Cook's ship, The Endeavour, hit a coral outcrop in the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. Cook and his crew camped in what… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“I choose guys. I choose girls. I choose people. But most of all: I choose.” — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
Spiders don't chew. They send a special liquid into their prey. The prey's insides turn to mush. Then the spider sucks up its tasty… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
