Max Fortenbery

“Lily,” Sharkie said. “Yeah?” “Is this a swearing kind of situation?” “Yeah.” “Fuck.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Again and again he picked me, and no one had ever taught me how to say no.”
― Daniella Mestyanek Young, Uncultured: A Memoir

“You don’t have to worry about changing the whole world, princess, that’s too big for anyone. But if anyone can change that child’s world, it’s you.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls

“Seeing herself as unimportant was safe. Unimportance was safe, being a disappointment was safe. There were no expectations, no standards, no more pedestals to fall from.”
― Jaysea Lynn, For Whom the Belle Tolls