Maya Adan

“I had loved Mason for who he was, but also because he was the only one who'd ever chosen me. But this—this was a home I'd built with my own two hands. I'd made this. It was mine. There was a life on the other side of the door. A history. A strange disappearance. But in this life, I had something that I'd never had before.”
― Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

“How is everyone doing tonight!" the singer shrieks into the crowd.

Amid the screaming replies, I allow myself to say out loud, "I actually haven't been feeling well lately.”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“Think about it,” I tell her. “If we discovered a dandelion on a planet besides earth, that would be astounding. The fact that dandelions exist on out planet is therefore astounding.”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“I sit, a martyr for this child's happiness, while she draws with a red permanent marker all over my new cast.”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead