“I want to reach back into my history with a grade-school pink eraser, scrubbing away my decisions like mistakes on a math… — Emery Lord Failure Copy Share Image
“Dee penned my name into the lyrics of her first single, “Open Road Summer.” She wrote it when we were freshmen, daydreaming… — Emery Lord Open road Copy Share Image
“If we could capture feelings like we capture pictures, none of us would ever leave our rooms. It would be so tempting… — Emery Lord God help Copy Share Image
“Younger girls stand with their moms alongside countless girls our age in matching outfits—blazers and horseshoe necklaces and ballet flats.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“I would crawl to wherever you were, emotionally, so that you wouldn't feel alone.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“I see it all through the lens of my camera—the flurry of movement, the venue staff in black T-shirts, giving orders into… — Emery Lord Patience Copy Share Image
“In the moments when I feel like being truly happy is an impossible puzzle, one I'm not meant to figure out, if… — Emery Lord Best friend Copy Share Image
“Dee's natural colouring looks like an American landscape - country-sky-blue eyes and hair the colour of Tennessee wheat fields, golden strands with… — Emery Lord Green eyes Copy Share Image
“I believe in nature, in science, in jazz, in dancing. And I believe in people. In their resilience, in their goodness. This… — Emery Lord Better day Copy Share Image
“I vaguely remember a story about a woman who looked back while fleeing a broken city. She turned into a pillar of… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“My mind feels like an envelope that is too overstuffed to close. So I take some of the stuff out. ... None… — Emery Lord Psychology Copy Share Image
“Of course. You've had your cry, but now you'll pick yourself up and keep living your life. Doubly, for that sweet boy.… — Emery Lord Life Copy Share Image
“This past year has been a lesson in letting go and holding on, and I don't know what to make of it.… — Emery Lord Best friend Copy Share Image
“The world moves twice as fast. Or twice as slow. It’s hard to tell when it feels like you’re watching your own… — Emery Lord Life Copy Share Image
“Like a wounded soldier Trudging the old road home, But I ain’t the old me, And I walk this path alone. I’m… — Emery Lord Happy face Copy Share Image
“As much as I want to be the one crying, I want to be the kind of person someone can hold on… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“When his eyes land on me, something about his expression changes—like he recognizes me from somewhere, too. I look back, appraising him… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“And I love math because there's always a right answer. It's not interpretive; it's not subjective. There is a correct destination, even… — Emery Lord Life Copy Share Image
“So maybe I don't know what'll happen. But it's nice to have someone to not know with you.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“And that's why I don't get to cry, I guess. Because they do. Because we're older but we're not the grown-ups who… — Emery Lord Fear Copy Share Image
“Seattle. It rains there a lot." Well, this is going great. Conversationalist of the Year. I'll just continue to recite basic facts… — Emery Lord Humor Copy Share Image
