Gretchen Schreiber

and to go against her will is to climb Mount Everest without oxygen or a jacket

I’ve always preferred depth over breadth when it came to people

He looked pained, like it was taking everything in him to say these things. It was a punch to the gut. What had I done to bring this out in him?

I wanted to push back, but there were no words—just an emerging black hole that was sucking up every good thought I had.