Sign in with Facebook
“I’m no longer myself; I am no one. I’m a red balloon caught in the boughs of a tree. I’m nothing at all.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“I tell Ruby I feel like I've moved from grieving Strane to grieving myself. My own death.
'Part of you died along with him,' she says. 'That seems normal.'
'No, not part,' I say. 'All of me. Everything about me leads back to him. If I cut out the poison, nothing will be left.”
― My Dark Vanessa
'Part of you died along with him,' she says. 'That seems normal.'
'No, not part,' I say. 'All of me. Everything about me leads back to him. If I cut out the poison, nothing will be left.”
― My Dark Vanessa
“When Strane and I met, I was fifteen and he was forty-two, a near perfect thirty years between us. That’s how I described the difference back then—perfect. I loved the math of it, three times my age, how easy it was to imagine three of me fitting inside him: one of me curled around his brain, another around his heart, the third turned to liquid and sliding through his veins.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“I’m going to ruin you.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
“Mom says dwelling in your feelings is no way to live, that there will always be something to be upset about and the secret to a happy life is not to let yourself be dragged down into negativity. She doesn’t understand how satisfying sadness can be; hours spent rocking in the hammock with Fiona Apple in my ears make me feel better than happy.”
― My Dark Vanessa
― My Dark Vanessa
april’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at april’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Classics, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Music, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Suspense, and Thriller
Polls voted on by april
Lists liked by april
