Joey

“We’re a part of the world. If it’s evil, we shouldn’t be thinking that it’s evil. We’d be thinking that the things we call evil are just natural. Fish don’t feel wet in the water. They belong there, Bill. Men don’t.”
― William Peter Blatty, Legion

“But our ability to contain ourselves directly depends on our mother’s ability to contain us - if she had never experienced containment by her own mother, how could she teach us what she did not know?”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“In exchange, he gives me the trans bead lizard he finished last night. I cradle it in my hands, admiring the pale pink, baby blue, and gentle white. All I can manage is ‘thank you,’ even though I want to say, This is the first time I’ve gotten to hold something with my colors.”
― Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us

“But lots of people are scary - terrorists, fascists, racists. That doesn’t mean they’re not human, much as some people might wish.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, When Villains Rise