Alba Cedillo

“I often lied to spare others' feelings or to make them like me. Most of my directness was by accident. But I got more social capital from pretending it was on purpose, not least because it made people assume my compliments had to be sincere. Julian seemed to trust me. Smart people often did dumb things.”
― Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

“You said, This thing we call life mustn’t ever become something endured.”
― Han Kang, Greek Lessons

“There are a lot of things on earth that I think would be considered magic if they weren’t real. Dreaming, for example. The fact that babies are created inside of women’s bodies; the whole concept of conception. Castles. Trees. Whales. Lions. Birds. Rainbows. Water. The northern lights. Volcanos. Lightning. Fire.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“Why is this old man thinking about my appearance at all? Did he think that I would feel flattered by him exposing that he's spent part of our two-second interaction assessing my appearance, while insulting a dead woman's looks?”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead