Megan

“That’s not interesting, it’s horror! It’s like Demi Moore in The Substance!” “Does a bug bite her in that?” “Worse. She internalizes society’s pressure for women to conform to beauty standards!”
― Jenny Jackson, The Shampoo Effect

“She had been so used to feeling the full force of Van’s care, manifested with oil changes for her car, cups of coffee delivered to her desk, waterproofing spray for her boots—Van’s love language being, obviously, “acts of service”—that she was startled by the shift. When he did come over, they made out and drank wine and watched movies at her cottage, but she noticed he kept looking at his phone, and when she peered over his shoulder, she saw he was just scrolling through pictures of Dylan, looking at a shared photo site Bailey had made for her friend group. It was better than catching her boyfriend on Tinder, but only barely.”
― Jenny Jackson, The Shampoo Effect

“Ours was a complicated tale with many pieces to fit together. All of us were to blame in some way—Gabriel and me, Frank, Leo, and Jimmy too. Everyone played a part in the tragedy. And everything was about Bobby, really, when you dug deep enough.”
― Clare Leslie Hall, Broken Country

“She just bobbed along through life, making dumb f***ing decisions, keeping so cool all the time, emotionally distant and above the fray, never realizing how much she actually cared until it was way too late.”
― Jenny Jackson, The Shampoo Effect