Brittany Murray

“I saw you having a hard time getting across the grass to your car.’ He whispers it, like he’s telling me secrets.

‘You saw that?’

He turns a slight shade of pink, rubs the back of his neck, and stares out of the kitchen window.

‘I wasn’t spying.’ For a moment he looks ten years younger. ‘I was hoping to get your attention. You see, I thought we were flirting.’

‘Hang on a second.’ I’m confused. It’s like being introduced to Advanced Calculus all over again. ‘You mistook an anxiety attack for flirting? How?’ Trying to figure out which part of my harpooned-squid impression could be considered anything other than tragic.”
― Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

“I wonder if that's how darkness wins, by convincing us to trap it inside ourselves, instead of emptying it out.
I don't want it to win.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

“You don’t look very sick..."

"How grossly inappropriate of you to notice,’ I reply, fighting hard to keep my voice even.”
― Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

“I don't like songs about wanting things. I like songs about letting go, saying goodbye.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes