Alexis

“Everyone knew that the nicer a library was, the better the work you did within it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“An extraordinary amount of intimacy lay in exchanging art. Not for critique and not for class. Just to look. To feel. To understand each other.”
― C.G. Drews, Don't Let the Forest In

“She wants contentedness and calm, curiosity and clarity. She wants affection, and safety, and freedom, and simple, easy joy.”
― Madeline Claire Franklin, The Wilderness of Girls

“You have to prove yourself over and over, and when the glory for your most recent achievement expires, as it must, as it always will, you have to start again, but with more eyes trained on you, more people waiting for the day your talent withers, and your discipline weakens, and your charm wears away. Success is only meant to be rented out, borrowed in small doses at a time, never to be owned completely, no matter what price you're willing to pay for it.”
― Ann Liang, I Am Not Jessica Chen