Lilly Summer

“A woman's first blood doesn't come from between her legs but from biting her tongue.”
― Meggie C. Royer, The No You Never Listened To

“That’s a pretty heavy burden to bear, being everything for someone.”
― Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Mallory realized this was how the woman was: she at once withheld and invited. The woman fulfilled so many of Mallory’s wants but left so many wants unfulfilled that the feeling of wanting in and of itself became desirable. There was an untouchable intensity, or an intense untouchability, to keeping a secret, to having a continuous crush, that Mallory wanted never to lose.”
― Michelle Hart, We Do What We Do in the Dark: 'A haunting study of solitude and connection' Meg Wolitzer