Shany

“I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.”
― Zadie Smith, NW

“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
― Jonathan Franzen, How to Be Alone

“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe