Rooibos Tea

“It was a relief and a horror to be known so perfectly”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“What the hell? I swear, this shit is like quicksand—the harder we try to get out, the harder it is to get out.”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

“There’s this idea in psychoanalysis that I’ve always liked.” Julian pulled himself closer and rested his head in the crook of Paul’s arm. “It’s that what we call ‘love’ is actually letting your identity fill in around the shape of the other person—you love someone by defining yourself against them. It says loss hurts because there’s nothing holding that part of you in place anymore. But your outline still holds, and it keeps holding. The thing you shaped yourself into by loving them, you never stop being that. The marks are permanent, so the idea of the person you loved is permanent, too.”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“How tremendous the agony of unmade decisions.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains