13 Quotes by Michelle Zauner

I remember these things clearly because that was how my mother loved you, not through white lies and constant verbal affirmation, but in subtle observations of what brought you joy, pocketed away to make you feel comforted and cared for without even realizing it.

When one person collapses, the other instinctively shoulders the weight

It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.

For the rest of my life there would be a splinter in my being, stinging from the moment my mother died until it was buried with me.