morgan ★

“But if the system is so fragile, why do we so easily accept the colonial situation? Why do we think it’s inevitable?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“There is a rhythm to moving through the world alone. You discover what you can and cannot live without, the simple necessities and small joys that define a life. Not food, not shelter, not the basic things a body needs—those are, for her, a luxury—but the things that keep you sane. That bring you joy. That make life bearable.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“But it is a lonely thing, to be forgotten. To remember when no one else does.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“She wants you,’ Robin said. He’d only just realized this, and now that he said it out loud, it seemed so obvious that he felt stupid for not seeing it earlier. ‘Very badly. So why—’ ‘Don’t you know why?’ Their eyes met. Robin felt a prickle at the back of his neck. The space between them felt very charged, like the moment between lightning and thunder,”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel