Whitney

“There was no straddling the line; he knew that now. No stepping back and forth between two worlds, no seeing and not seeing, no holding a hand over one eye or the other like a child playing a game. You were either a part of this institution, one of the bricks that held it up, or you weren’t.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“I’ve put so much time and distance between myself and that lonely girl, and what does it matter? Here is a piece of my past, right in front of me, miles away from home. You can’t outrun yourself. Not your history, not your fears, not the parts of yourself you’re worried are wrong.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“What hope was there then if you could outrun the disease but not the hate and stigma?”
― Amanda Skenandore, The Second Life of Mirielle West

“The mind destroys, the heart devours.”
― Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers