9 Quotes by Alexandra Oliva

I think I can hear the unseen moon

She first one on the production team to die will be the editor.

They'll wait until I'm asleep - or nearly asleep - to strike. That's how they do it; they blur the line between reality and nightmare. They give me bad dreams, and then they make them come true.

The scaly spindles of a conifer’s cone, the helicoidal flow of a river’s curve biting away the bank, the flash of orange upon a butterfy’s wings warning predators of a bitter taste. This is order from choas; this is beautiful, and it’s all the more beautiful for having designed itself.

The brain is a terrifying and wondrous organ, and all it wants is to survive.

I learned that day that no matter how demanding a person’s tone, no matter how many times she asks something, she might not actually want an answer. I.

I think I can hear the unseen moon.

I’ve heard believers speak of the coldness of science and the warmth of their faith. But my life has been warm too, and I have faith. Faith in love, and faith in the inherent beauty of a world that formed itself.

I understood there’s a difference between compromise and cooperation, and that to rely on another takes a distinctive kind of strength.