Maria

“That’s real cruelty. That’s world cruelty. Where it’s not just the idea that one person is cruel, it’s that they believe, and have reason to believe, the whole world feels the same.”
― Josh Malerman, Incidents Around the House

“Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.”
― Poppy Z. Brite, Exquisite Corpse

“I tried to escape what seemed a hateful prison of flesh; to imagine myself outside my body was the only way I could love it.”
― Poppy Z. Brite, Exquisite Corpse