Michaela Edson

“and I return to my desk, where the round, blank eyes of a dozen Funko Pops stare me down. They’re some of the few things I’ve managed to unpack and my only companions. They remind me of the Precious Moments figurines that populated my grandmother’s living room, a thought that’s both comforting and a little unsettling.”
― Alexis Daria, Only Santas in the Building

“My greatest weakness has always been my desire for love. It is a yawning chasm within me, and the more that I reach for it, the more easily I am tricked. I am a walking bruise, an open sore. If Oak is masked, I am a face with all the skin ripped off. Over and over, I have told myself that I need to guard against my own yearnings, but that hasn’t worked. I must try something new.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“Over and over, I have told myself that I need to guard against my own yearnings, but that hasn’t worked. I must try something new.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“And isn’t death just the apocalypse in the first person?”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You