Isabel

“You said I could have anything I wanted, but I
just couldn’t say it out loud.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“I was very young when I was cracked open.

Some things you should let go of
Others you shouldn't
Views differ as to which

I keep hold of everything, just in case”
― Emily Berry, Dear Boy

“Why do you lie so much? And about the weirdest little things?", my mother always asked me. "I don’t know", I always said. But I did know. It was very simple. Because it was a better story.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“And if you missed a day, there was always the next,
and if you missed a year, it didn't matter,
the hills weren't going anywhere,
the thyme and rosemary kept coming back,
the sun kept rising, the bushes kept bearing fruit–”
― Louise Glück, Poems, 1962-2012