Monika Pearcey

“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.”
― Eugene O'Neill

“The guard looked down at the scarlet bloodstains blooming on his chest. He appeared to think of something that he needed to say, but as his lips began to form the words, his knees gave up the strain of supporting his ruined bulk. He collapsed to the floor, his throat issuing a final sound like a bubbling casserole.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“We think that the word 'boy' or the the word 'girl' says something about who a person is, who they will be. But that difference is much less dictated by the body they're born in than created by what we expect of them and how we treat each other.”
― Sara Pascoe

“In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Memories and Portraits, Memoirs of Himself and Selections from His Notebook