Camille Wright

“They’re afraid because we exist, she says. There’s nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist. There’s nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing—so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go on with our lives.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heavens. No more damned magic.”
― Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

“Mediocrity is contextual.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest