Alysa Weldy

“Life, her mother had once told her, was about decisions, decisions made in moments of great turmoil, and it was these decisions that defined us.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys

“The beauty of that poem is that everybody can relate, because we all feel like nobody. We all feel like we are on the outside, looking in. We all feel scattered. But I think it's that self-awareness that actually makes us somebody. And you are definitely somebody, Blue. You may not be a work of art, but you are definitely a piece of work.”
― Amy Harmon, A Different Blue

“They choose things like plates, bowls and cutlery—I mean, what are they doing at the moment: shoveling food from packets into their mouths with their bare hands? I simply fail to see how the act of legally formalizing a human relationship necessitates friends, family and coworkers upgrading the contents of their kitchen for them.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“as if this country can find no better use for its children than to catch bullets in some Russian field.”
― Olivia Hawker, The Ragged Edge of Night