Emily Killmon

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

“Reader, I married him.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“I was able to leave the constraints of myself and ascend into another, more brilliant, more beautiful self, a self to whom this day was dedicated, and around whom the world, represented by my cousins putting flowers in my hair, draping the palu, seemed to revolve. It was a self magnified, like the goddesses of the Sinhalese and Tamil cinema, larger than life; and like them, like the Malini Fonsekas and the Geetha Kumarasinghes, I was an icon, a graceful, benevolent, perfect being upon whom the adoring eyes of the world rested.”
― Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy

“We barely get any time on this planet. Do not spend it pleasing other people. Fuck politeness. Live life exactly how you want to live it so you can love the life you make for yourself.”
― Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide