AnnaRae Clark

“Sometimes you could see the scars and sometimes you couldn’t. But everybody had them.”
― Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run

“The more time the Tiny Pregnant Woman spent in the pool, the more the pool became like a crystal ball, revealing things about her that she could not see on her own. It seemed the pool had something to teach her about her life's purpose, and she needed to keep swimming to realize it.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“The origins of the word 'anger' were tied closely to physical suffering. 'Anger' was first an 'affliction', as meant by the Old Icelandic angr, and then a 'painful, cruel, narrow' state, as meant by the Old English enge, which in term came from the Latin angor, which meant 'strangling, anguish, distress'. Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“...she realized she didn't want food at all but rather, the feeling of emotional fullness, a hunger that could only be satiated by home, family, and familiarity.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart