Emma Mills > Quotes

“It’s weird. Sometimes it feels like we’re
still the ones in the pictures, and everything that happened
after happened to other people. And then sometimes we’re the
other people, and the strangers are in the frames”
― emma mills

“I change Viola Constantinople’s cloak for the sake of having something to do. “We broke up.” The truth, again, unbidden: “He broke up. With me.”
“What?” Gideon says. “Why?”
On-screen, Trippola Lightyear begins arming a flaming arrow.
“What are you doing?” I say.
“I’m gonna shoot him,” Iris replies simply.
“Iris! You can’t just shoot players indiscriminately!”
“He dumped you; he deserves to die.”
“That’s—”
“In the context of the game,” she amends. “His stupid character deserves death in the game.”
― Emma Mills

“Maye grief was like a chronic illness, something that could hide dormant in your system but activate at any time.”
― Emma Mills

“No, maybe I am. But maybe underneath that is another layer, like a...parfait, or the chocolate bit at the bottom of a Drumstick. Maybe that bit is the fact that I don't know how to care about something without caring too much. And that could be a good thing, right, but what if it's not? What if it cuts you off from other things? What if you're afraid to—' To commit to the thing that you love. To the detriment of everything else.”
― Emma Mills

“How do you think friendships are forged? Mutual interests. Food. Repetition. If you see them two more times, they’re your friends.”
― Emma Mills