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“I had been haunting myself as punishment, I supposed. But it was difficult, when ghosts were everywhere, to figure out what was real and what was imagined.”
― Nina LaCour, Watch Over Me

“...writing is my only talent, and writing has always felt more clarifying than creative to me. But in contemplating this definition, I wonder if one might be creative (or queer, or happy, or held) in spite of oneself.”
― Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts

“A form letter from Giffords was found in Loughner's home with the words "Die, Bitch" scrawled on it; Loughner was known for saying that women should not hold positions of power.

It doesn't matter to me if both of these men are mad. Their voices still have clarity.”
― Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts

“A bad idea, he reflected, was better than no idea at all.”
― Austin Chant, Peter Darling