Steph (starrysteph)

“I read everything as it is given to me, exactly how it is said, only to discover that the world always operates just below the surface.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“my cancer saved me, because did you know it is actually really so fucking terrifying being invested in living?”
― Walela Nehanda, Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

“I’ve thought long and hard about how to tell you this story. If I gave you the truth – about me and my sister, the house and the cold and the hunger – you’d know, but you wouldn’t understand … Every detail that didn’t match your own life would become another sandbag against your fear. When you felt safe enough, different enough, exceptional enough, you would forget.”
― Maria Dong, Aviary

“Ah, but that's the thing about the Yahad and hope. We have always had to have it. I think we are more used to hanging on to it than many are led to believe. To be a Yahad and practice our religion is inherently hopeful, that one day, our people will be free.”
― Maddie Martinez, The Maiden and Her Monster