April Martinez

“Now I wonder if he taught me that because he resented magic. That’s one of the worst casualties of being hurt by someone who was never supposed to hurt you: you start to question all the beautiful things that led up to the ugliness, start to wonder if some of the moments you thought were perfect were actually painted with a dirty brush.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“But that’s the thing about anxiety, it doesn’t care if something is rational or not. It takes hold of your mind and squeezes tighter and tighter until it can’t be ignored, demanding your undivided attention. It turns from insignificant to all-consuming in the span of a breath, a fog so thick it’s impossible to see through, and no amount of breathing or counting or visualizing undoes it.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“Spring is when the weather in the Pacific Northwest gets confused, bouncing between hail and sun and rain all in the same day. Sometimes all in the same hour.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“often feels like you think you have something to teach them instead of the other way around. I think maybe that’s the biggest reason: you act as if you have nothing left to learn.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch