Sydney Scarbrough

“Take away the husband, the career, the kids. Those are the things society says we women should be happiest about. Like we should be grateful for stiff dicks when we’re not in the mood, and getting smacked in the face at two in the morning when your kid pees in the bed for the third night in a row, and your job keeps you an extra two, three hours a couple times a week to do extra work you’re not getting paid for because you’re on salary and a team player. Whew—happy happy joy joy, right? But strip that down. What really makes you happy?”
― Denene Millner, One Blood

“In any case, crime is relative — its boundaries shifting in service of the people in power.”
― Laila Lalami, The Dream Hotel

“But what the mind can’t comprehend, the heart has enough sense to feel.”
― Laila Lalami, The Dream Hotel

“Under the right circumstances, anything can be made into something sinister.”
― Laila Lalami, The Dream Hotel