kendra

“An older man using a girl to feel better about himself - how easily the story becomes a cliché if you look at it without the soft focus of romance”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“Where everyone was desperate to be an individual, but they all were terrified to stand out.”
― Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend's Exorcism

“Even though my brain was a mess, what kept my soul whole was the warmth of the hands holding mine on both sides”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond

“I can’t lose the thing I’ve held onto for so long, you know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story, you know? I really, really need it to be that.”
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa