angie

“I’ll survive this. I’ll live. But there’s a hole in me, never to be filled. Maybe that’s why people die of old age. Maybe we could live forever if we didn’t love so completely. But we do. And by the time old age comes, we’re filled with holes, so many that it’s too hard to breathe. So many that our insides aren’t even ours anymore. We’re just one big empty space, waiting to be filled by the darkness. Waiting to be free.”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

“Did no one ever tell Lydia that the most dangerous thing in the world isn't natural disasters or wars or weapons? It is unremarkable men with beautiful smiles and even bigger promises.”
― Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

“I wish this wasn't what it means to be female -- it is not a matter of if something bad will happen, but when.”
― Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black

“Never forget where you come from, but don’t allow it to define you.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door