Bri

“Maybe I'm not so ugly after all. Maybe no one is really ugly, and maybe no one has the right to call someone that or tell them that they are. Maybe the only real ugliness is what lives inside some people.”
― Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In

“I've squeezed as many bookcases in this tiny space as possible. Being surrounded by books and magazines makes me feel calm. It makes the room seem wrapped in a layer of protection. As if nothing or no one can get to me.”
― Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In

“This wasn’t my first time trying to prepare a meal while dodging the fangs of a dead child who wished me bodily harm.”
― Carissa Orlando, The September House

“It’s not even about what happened to me. It’s what is happening to us always. All the fucking time. It’s not fun to be a woman. No matter how much we think the world has changed, it really hasn’t.”
― Katy Brent, I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin