Avie

“Now," those Plumbago lips say, "You are going to tell me your story like you just did. Write it all down. Tell that story over and over. Tell me your sad-assed story all night." That Brandy queen points a long bony finger at me.

"When you understand, " Brandy says, "that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can crumble it up and throw your past in the trashcan," Brandy says,"then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.”
― Carol Shields, The Republic of Love

“He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters