Em

“Mama says a little distraction is part of growing up. A busier to-do list means a busier brain. The thing is, my brain isn’t busy. There’s this tender emptiness inside me. Like a bruise that doesn’t turn purple, still I feel its ache under my skin.”
― David Ly, Queer Little Nightmares

“Weaknesses were a human invention. They called it your weakness if they fantasized about murdering you with it.”
― John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

“He had known war. And war was the most civilized form of murder there was.”
― C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny

“There is something romantic about feeding a predator from the palm of your hand, I think- a creature which might bite you if it chooses, but chooses not to. But how does one turn such awful beauty to lead and ink on a page?”
― C.E. McGill, Our Hideous Progeny