Elise

“What a gift that no one sees inside my mind. What a curse that no one sees inside my mind.”
― Trang Thanh Tran, They Bloom at Night

“Adults having their shit figured out is an illusion of childhood. You wake up one day and the mirage is gone. The soft gold sunlight now appears too yellow, too harsh. Your parents aren't bickering cutely but arguing, their faces red. Even when you're hurt, they will tell you your wounds aren't real. Better yet, put a sweater on it and hide away.”
― Trang Thanh Tran, They Bloom at Night

“I've worn heavy clothes in hot weather long enough to know it doesn't stop men from teasing me or me blaming myself.”
― Trang Thanh Tran, They Bloom at Night

“No man can give you a woman," Leo said. "A woman has to give herself to a man, that's her goddamned choice to make.”
― Andrew K. Clark, Where Dark Things Rise