Izabela

“Since he was little, a scraped knee or a whipped back, anything to make his body hurt, felt like the hand of God upon him.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“She was a great girl-shaped forest. She was a thing on fire. Her hand was leaves and smoke and snow and flesh all at once.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“I look at her lips shiny and thick with so much gloss. There’s a wavering quality to her voice, like a car swerving down a dangerous road.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“Why do you lie so much? And about the weirdest little things?", my mother always asked me. "I don’t know", I always said. But I did know. It was very simple. Because it was a better story.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny