Nova Ren Suma

“Sometimes you need more than one way to reach the outside”

“Ruby’s stories didn’t have morals. They meant one thing in the light and one thing in the dark and another thing entirely when she was wearing sunglasses.”

“I was an echo of her.”

“Most people, in the end, really are all on their own.”

“There was something to be said for the bodiless feeling that came after the cold. Something I would always remember. When you forget how bad it hurts, you feel so free.”

“Something I would always remember. When you forget how bad it hurts, you feel so free.”

“...I sat there in the boat under her stars and her moon gated on all sides by the mountains watching the last bits of her breath float up and away.”

“In reality I was a pencil drawing of a photocopy of a Polaroid of my sister- you could see the resemblance in a certain light if you were seeking it out because I told you first if you were being nice.”

“This is how I know blood is meaningless family connections are a lot like old gum -you don't have to keep chewing. You can always spit it out and stick it under the table. You can walk away.”

“When you forget how bad it hurts, you feel so free.”

“Balance, Chlo … Give and take. Push and pull. You for her, her for you. I think they're mad that I tried to have it both ways to keep you alive and her, too.”

“... but when I asked where the extra doors led,Ruby smiled and said sometimes you need more than oneway to reach the outside...”

“Sure. I would go. Balloon or bus or thumb out onthe highway”