Mackenzie

“Belief has very little to do with rationale. Why demand a map for uncharted territory?”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

“The only love Red knew was that simple, uncomplicated, lonely love one feels for oneself in the quiet moments of the day. It was there, steady and solid in the laughter and talk of the television and with her in the grocery aisles on the weekends. It was there every night, in the dark, spectacular and sprawling in the quiet. And it all belonged to her.”
― Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories

“Have you noticed how easily the very young die? They make the best martyrs for any cause, the best soldiers, the best suicides. It’s because they’re held here so lightly: they haven’t yet accumulated loves and responsibilities and commitments and all the things that tie us securely to this world. They can let go of it as easily and simply as lifting a finger.”
― Tana French, The Likeness

“Forgiveness is warm. Like a tear on a cheek.
Think of that and of me when you stand in the rain. I loved you completely. And you loved me the same. That's all. The rest is confetti.

-Nell Crain - The Haunting of Hill House”
― Mike Flanagan