I'd give anything right now to go back, even just for a few moments, so I could pay more attention. Inscribe every detail of him, and of us together, onto my heart, where I could keep it safe always. Where even time couldn't erase it.
—Jessi Kirby in Things We Know by Heart
Sometimes a shock to the system is a good thing, you know? Like a reminder that you're alive.
—Jessi Kirby in Golden
It's terrifying to realize how much of your world is wrapped up in loving another person.
—Jessi Kirby in Things We Know by Heart
We’re all more than the person we show to everyone else. At least I hope so. Because I feel like there’s more to me than that. I just haven’t had the chance yet to show it.
—Jessi Kirby in Golden
I don’t know what comes next. I can’t know, until I’ve walked the road I’ve chosen. I don’t have a plan, and there is no map for this. It’s terrifying, but there’s a spark of exhilaration that gives me hope that the choice I just made could turn out to be right and this feels infinitely better than the weight of regret.
—Jessi Kirby in Golden
I want this day to be my fresh start. I want this to be the day I step out of my comfort zone and go somewhere new.
—Jessi Kirby in Golden