Ash

“People lied all the time for silly reasons—embarrassment, forgetfulness, nervousness. Lies didn't always mean that the truth was important.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic

“I could not stop wasting time. It was crazy. I wanted to do something with my life, but instead I went to sleep, or sung in the shower, or sat and stared at the wall. I couldn't even tell you about anything that I saw. I didn't talk to anybody. The cicadas kept dying outside, and as I dreamed, my mouth grew thick and venomous with silence.”
― Yiwei Chai

“I'd never learned how to relate to people, much less how to speak up for myself. I preferred to sit and rage quietly.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“My son, Michio, never called out for me or his mother. Until his very last breath he clasped one of your letters to his breast. It was you, and you alone he kept asking for.”
― Edogawa Ranpo, Demon z samotnej wyspy