“an ask, for suffering. It was the scariest thing about being a woman. It was hardwired, ageless, the part that knew you could have the good without the hurt, but it wouldn’t be nearly as exquisite.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“She lived in the aftermath of every battle, breathed in the devastation until she was drowning in it. Nothing and no one would ever convince her that anything noble or purifying could come from this scale of suffering. That any rewards could ever be worth it.”
― Alchemised
― Alchemised
“No one is all bad. No one is all good. We live as equals in the murky gray between.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“I think we talk about happiness all wrong. As if it’s this fixed state we’re going to reach. Like we’ll just be able to live there, forever. But that’s not my experience with happiness. For me, it comes and goes. It shows up and then disappears like a bubble.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“I know you think of me as your mother only, but please remember, inside I am also just a girl.”
― The Correspondent
― The Correspondent
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