J.M.

“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are
still together.”
― Warsan Shire

“You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn’t he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.”
― Warsan Shire

“What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream”
― Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King