Leona Romich

“In the dark, you could never be too black. In the dark, everyone was the same color.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“In life, unresolved issues always resurface, and usually at the most inopportune moments.”
― Toni L. Coleman Carter

“Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.”
― J.K. Rowling

“The only difference between lying and acting was whether your audience was in on it, but it was all a performance just the same.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half