“I want to peel off all my skin, if only so I could be anything other than a naked body, something horrifying instead of vulnerable. Nobody looks at a pig corpse and thinks it could be made beautiful.”
― The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
― The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
“I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?”
― Radio Silence
― Radio Silence
“When something terrible happens—or at least, when you learn about it—it feels like it should affect the entire world. It feels like something should change. But it doesn’t.”
― The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
― The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
“I could say the night felt magical, but that would be embellishment.
That would be romanticization.
What it actually felt like was life.”
― We Are Okay
That would be romanticization.
What it actually felt like was life.”
― We Are Okay
“What happens if no one is there? If everyone in the world is dead and all that’s left in the world is Fort Caroline, a gay guy, a broken straight boy, a cartography genius with PTSD, and a seven-Ty-year-old woman with a shotgun fighting zoo animals?”
― All That’s Left in the World
― All That’s Left in the World
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