Amanda Hudgins

“Growing up, I believed in all sorts of fantastic things. Ghosts and aliens, monsters that brought on nightmares and fed on fear. The fantasies materialized every time I closed my eyes, making me afraid to fall asleep. I'm still scared of sleeping alone. The yawn the sneeze, the breath of whoever's lying next to me retrieves me from the nightmares. Even though I'm all grown up. I say it like a joke, and it usually gives people a laugh. "You're still a little kid," they say. It's lonely being in a big bed all by myself. It's never hurt my feelings. They're only strangers.”
― Youngha, Love or Hate

“Words are seeds, Casiopea. With words you embroider narratives, and the narratives breed myths, and there's power in the myth. Yes, the things you name have power.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

“Dreams are for mortals."
"Why?"
"Because they must die.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

“Houses are never so impolite to hunger as women do.”
― Sloane Leong, Graveneye