Kayelee

“Marianne wanted her life to mean something then, she wanted to stop all violence committed by the strong against the weak, and she remembered a time several years ago when she had felt so intelligent and young and powerful that she almost could have achieved such a thing, and now she knew she wasn’t at all powerful, and she would live and die in a world of extreme violence against the innocent, and at most she could help only a few people.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Parents who name their children after themselves are stripping them of an identity, reminding them who they belong to.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“If she could control the situation with her silence, she could pretend that everything is fine. For just a little bit longer.”
― Danielle Pender, Watching Women & Girls

“We sometimes weep in front of the mirror not to inflame self-pity, but because we want to feel witnessed in our despair.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets