Billy Mendes ⋆

“All it took was another whiff of the man’s spiced scent, and Danny thought, Fuck”
― Grae Bryan, Roman

“I should have stopped sooner, before our lips had ever touched.

But now I knew her sweetness, and every part of my being yearned for more.”
― Lily X., Let Me Be Yours

“No smiling,” Diablo says. “It’s bad for your health.”
― Cora Rose, Diablo

“Grandpapa and even Artis’s friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn’t true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work out that invisible balance so you don’t get crushed but also don’t float away was labor Artis didn’t always feel strong enough to do.”
― Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer