Vik

“Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one because the way they wedge themselves into a sentence changes everything.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“who needed someone else to tell me I was worth something before I took any steps to save myself.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“I’d float the idea of breaking up, tell her that I felt overwhelmed, that I didn’t understand what was going on, and Raven would threaten to kill herself, then insist she could change, be better. I didn’t even know what being better would entail. I was the one who couldn’t be good enough. I couldn’t imagine that the pain and confusion Raven had been expressing might have nothing to do with me. I wanted her to be alive. That mattered more than anything, and I thought it was up to me, somehow.”
― Daniel Barban Levin, Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir