Lou

“Above all else, overwork was a distraction that blotted out the dull, but ambient emotional discomfort that was always there, a feeling of unworthiness that I’ve been running from my entire life. Work made me feel like I was somebody other than the unlovable monster I was quite sure I was inside. It allowed me to feel that if I cosplayed long enough as a cool and confident professional, I could obliterate that monster for good.”
― Jennifer Romolini, Ambition Monster: A Memoir

“What I meant to say is this: You’ll write more poems. They are not lost. You are the poetry.”
― Alice Winn, In Memoriam

“She made it,” I whisper up to Liam.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“How much do we need to endure early in order to justify feeling messed up later?”
― Jennifer Romolini, Ambition Monster: A Memoir