Clara

“When something was strange, everyone thought they had the right to come stomping in all over your life to figure out why. I found that arrogant and infuriating, not to mention a pain in the neck. Sometimes I even wanted to hit them with a shovel to shut them up, like I did that time in elementary school.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“This is the girl they keep calling a monster. I want you to keep that firmly in mind. The girl who could be satisfied with a hamburger and a dime root beer after her only school dance so her momma wouldn't be worried . . .”
― Stephen King, Carrie

“Nature has a funny way of deceiving. The weak always think they’ve got a chance at survival. But the world burns in the end, and all things fade to ash.”
― Jesse Nolan Bailey, Defilement and Other Stories

“Memories, monsters, they are in our blood, and theirs are the faces we find staring back at us in broken mirrors.”
― Andy Davidson, In the Valley of the Sun