Quotes from Tia Williams

A tree grows its branches out until it touches the tips of the next closest tree. And they're linked forever. Because if they're really close, their roots grow together. They're so intertwined underneath that no matter what happens above ground, they stay connected.

Acting sober is an art," he explained. "The trick is to say very little and be very still.

she still loved him, and she could feel herself dying from it, like a disease.

Shane was her lighthouse. If he went dark, she'd be lost, treading black water forever.

They both giggled, until they'd forgotten what was funny. Eventually, they lapsed into comfortable silence, enjoying the sun.

I want to know without words. I want to fall so violently that I risk breaking into a million pieces. I want to love so desperately it's indecent. I want it to be wild and fated and forever. A no-choice connection.

It never ends, does it? Loving you never ends. Whether you're Genevieve or Eva. Whether I lose you for years or wake up to your face every morning. I love you. You're my home. And I want you forever.

People search in vain forever to find what we've got. I don't know shit about anything, Jenna, and I might be inexperienced, but I know you'll never love anyone like you love me.' 'I won't she,' she whispered. 'And yet you can leave me so easily for a baby you don't have and a husband you've never met. I'm here, I'm real, and I just lost to a goddamn fantasy. I must've never really had you at all.

And here's what's really good," continued Belinda. "The publishing industry has a hard time processing Black characters unless we're suffering.

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2019, THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD EVA MERCY NEARLY choked to death on a piece of gum. She'd been attempting to masturbate when the gum lodged in her throat, cutting off her air supply.

Go." "Can't." Eva shook her head. "It'd require breaking myself open." "Why don't you want to?" "It's a mess in there," she said hollowly. He wondered when the last time she'd fallen apart in front of someone was. "But that's the good stuff," he insisted. "It's you.

No one was perfect! And maybe that was what real, adult love was. Being fearless enough to hold each other close no matter how catastrophic the world became. Loving each other with enough ferocity to quell the fears of the past. Just fucking being there.

Adulthood is a lie, Audre. We're all just tall toddlers.

I've always loved you," he whispered. "What a coincidence," she whispered back. "I've always loved you, too.

Always be yourself. Unless you can be me. Then always be me.' And here's another one…

She did think of him sometimes. Lying alone in a hospital bed at 2:00 a.m., or during bouts of writer's block. He'd appear on the fringes of her thoughts—no face, just a feeling. His warm, minty-vanilla scent. The rough softness of his skin, like velvet caressed against the grain.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go home and feed my two kittens, Growth and Metamorphosis.

Because I barely survived Shane Hall. I barely survived myself. It was a dark time. My home life was traumatic. I was a chaotic, angry kid. Why reminisce?

You push away stuff away that isn't safe and obvious, Mom, but love isn't safe and obvious. Love is risky. Take the risk, woman.

I thought you were a problem that needed solving. But you don't need solving. You need understanding.

love you. You're my home. And I want you forever.

Like Elizabeth Taylor said, 'Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

didn't leave you," he said finally. "What?" "Your mom never said anything?" "No," she said, her voice cracking, pleading. "What happened?" "I didn't leave you." Confusion flooded her face. "I would never have left you. It was…your mom. She sent me away.

How do you think she got there?" Shane's voice was an unsteady mix of regret and pain. "I found her number in your phone, and I called her. When she got to the house, she called the paramedics. And the police. And sent me to prison." The blood drained from Eva's face. "No." "Ask her," he said gently. "Ask her.