Maya Adan

“How am I supposed to uphold this facade as a Catholic heterosexual if I refuse to go to sushi with an Italian bachelor?”
― Emily Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“There are a lot of things on earth that I think would be considered magic if they weren’t real. Dreaming, for example. The fact that babies are created inside of women’s bodies; the whole concept of conception. Castles. Trees. Whales. Lions. Birds. Rainbows. Water. The northern lights. Volcanos. Lightning. Fire.”
― Emily R. 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

“I decided rhinos were like magical creatures. The only reason they aren’t considered magical is because they’re real.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead