Annie

“People who are not autistic tell themselves stories. They fill in the gaps of the people they meet, often with information that isn't correct. It's why they like horror so much. It's why they get so easily scared. They see a ghost and the ghost doesn't need to do a thing. They will complete the story, they will scare themselves.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“I think the entire world depends on people pretending they don’t know they’re doing terrible things.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“The shrieking and cackling of other students makes me flinch and dart around them, like a fish on the reef trying to avoid barracudas. Their volume and their nearness is completely undeliberate, they don't know what it's doing to me, but it feels cruel. It feels like they're doing it on purpose.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

“And until then, I will keep myself safe. That is not self-betrayal. That is self-preservation.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth