

“I seemed doomed to always play supporting roles in someone else’s story. Far too many times I had asked myself whether art was imitating life or if it was the other way around.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains

“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains

“I don't know, it's like I look at you and suddenly the sonnets makes sense. The good ones, anyway.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains

“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains

“Per aspera ad astra. I’d heard a variety of translations, but the one I liked best was Through the thorns, to the stars.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
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