After Fading

“I like it when men beg," she said. "But this isn't the time for it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“You always feel like something is missing when you finish a book, even when the story has a perfectly happy ending.”
― Youngha, Love or Hate

“History, huh?”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Growing up, I believed in all sorts of fantastic things. Ghosts and aliens, monsters that brought on nightmares and fed on fear. The fantasies materialized every time I closed my eyes, making me afraid to fall asleep. I'm still scared of sleeping alone. The yawn the sneeze, the breath of whoever's lying next to me retrieves me from the nightmares. Even though I'm all grown up. I say it like a joke, and it usually gives people a laugh. "You're still a little kid," they say. It's lonely being in a big bed all by myself. It's never hurt my feelings. They're only strangers.”
― Youngha, Love or Hate