Teagan Jane

“But the people who did get that love, they grew up to be different from us. More secure. Maybe they’re not as shiny or successful as you and I feel we have to be. But it’s not because they’re not interesting. They just don’t feel they have to do the tap dance, you know? They don’t have to prove themselves all the time to be loved. Because they always were.”
― Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

“I’ve worn myself down to a bearable size.”
― Garth Greenwell, Cleanness

“Maybe he decided that his sadness was going to be my companion forever, for as long as he wanted, because sad people are merciless.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

“Fondness was the best word she could think of to describe what they felt for each other. Fondness was warm but not tepid, the color of amber, more affectionate than friendship but less complicated than love.”
― Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein