amalia

“I sometimes have the feeling I’ve seen so much variation over so many forms of existence that this particular version of me is immune to the concept of anything ever being out of place.”
― Olivie Blake, Januaries

“Because I do not believe there is any original sin in any of us and I cannot sit there and listen to someone say there is. I don’t want to believe in any being who would judge and punish like that. And I’ll pay the price if I’m wrong and God does exist. Because I will not submit to a God like that willingly.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“the simmering mass of gossip that underwrote who got positions and power.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Is sadness beauty?” “Some of it.” “And the rest?” “Gives the other bits meaning.” “The not-sadness, you mean?” “Yes.”
― Olivie Blake, Januaries