Katie Jackson

“I thought that if I did normal things—held down a job, for example—I could starve off the part of me that hated everything. If I had been a man, I may have turned to a life of crime.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“There's no shame in loving life above death. Otherwise I would be dead. What use would that be to the gods, who will not die themselves?”
― Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap

“I loved Aphrodite from the first and steeped myself in her legends. My mother told me that in ancient times her rituals were bloody and cruel, but I only half believed it.”
― Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap

“I took a Polaroid of her one night and stuck it into the frame of the mirror in the living room. Reva thought it was a loving gesture, but the photo was really meant as a reminder of how little I enjoyed her company if I felt like calling her later while I was under the influence.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation