- from my older brother: never expect anything less from the universe than absolute love
- from my younger brother: being stubborn isn't about making other people like you, but about staying true to your own devices
- from my mother: if you hold all your sadness inside for long enough, you can keep anyone else from holding it too tightly
- from my father: if you are distant, be bold enough to love distantly. if you cannot tell someone you love them, make them know they are loved anyway.
- also from my father: if you play something with passion, you can pick it up a year later and love it just as much as if you had never played it before
- from my oldest stepsister: if you keep telling the universe who you are, eventually it will listen
- from my youngest sister: every day is a beautiful day for silliness
- from my youngest stepsister: love cannot destroy you
- from my middle stepsister & the elder of my two younger half-sisters: weirdness is not genetic, nor is it imperfect. art is hard work, love moreso
- my mom told me that my grandpa always had a gentleness about him, and that my grandma always took such joy in us, and I think that the fact she can love my dad's family even after their divorce is beautiful
nov 5 2015 ∞
may 3 2017 +
