Lizzie

“Brother Luke was right: the cutting was better. When he did it, it was as if he was draining away the poison, the filth, the rage inside him.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“You were made for this, Jude." Some of the clients would say that to him as well- You were born for this- and as much as he hated it, he also knew that they were right. He was born for this. He had been born, and left, and found, and used as he had been intended to be used.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“I always feel that if I was free of the curse... well, people wouldn't feel the need to stay with me. They'd leave. And I'd be...' 'Alone,' I said, shivering.”
― Lauren Blackwood, Within These Wicked Walls

“Then he could go. Every day, he thought about it, and thinking about it made things easier. thinking about it gave him fortitude. And then, at some point, it was no longer an experiment. He couldn't remember how he had decided, but after he had, he felt lighter, freer, less tormented.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life