lyn straine

“You sort of underestimate the human being when you say that every least thing that is an abstract experience is spiritual. It isn't. It's just your real self. You can be capable of fantastic abstract experiences, right in this life.”
― Agnes Martin

“Mathias had never observed the other man from this distance. He hadn’t noticed that Flynn smelled as strongly of salt and soap as he did of whiskey, and the combination was intoxicating. His leather coat was warm to the touch, holding lingering sunlight and body heat.”
― Madeleine Roux, Shadows Rising

“when I die I wish to be buried in that Shawl I wish to be buried — in ten Thousand Shawls – you’re not dying you’re just afraid of the stairs”
― Mallory Ortberg, Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters

“why did you turn my friends into pigs i don’t know maybe the real question is why are your friends so turn-into-pigsable”
― Mallory Ortberg, Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters