Isabella

“Ahaw, Manito nimiykosinan tawiyawitsahotahk. Moyaywak kakicimahhaw awa oskinikiw. Ahaw, ekosi nitwanan.”
― Shane Hawk, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

“Word of the year: insouciant adjective. Free from worry, concern or anxiety; carefree.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

“IN THE MIDDLE of the night I hear it—a note like an oboe, vibrating in the heart of the house.”
― Jodi Picoult, Mad Honey

“The odd things you sometimes came out with, along with the disparity in our vocabulary, started our tradition of “word of the day” before bedtime. Yours are often better than mine because I let you win too sometimes. Perhaps we could start having a word of the year? This year’s should be “limerence,” I still have a soft spot for that one. I know you think words are important—which makes sense given your chosen career—but I have realized recently that words are just words, a series of letters, arranged in a certain order, most likely in the language we were assigned at birth.”
― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors