Becky Stephenson

“The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or, conversely, I myself am a question which is addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world's answer.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Maybe I’m not a songwriter. I’m the thing emotions, lyrics, beats, keys all pass through to reach the person it was meant for. A portal. A body the music uses to make their way out. Before someone else gives them a name. Signs their initials. Takes the bow. This is how I survive it. Tell myself the songs were never mine. Credit doesn’t matter. Ownership is ego. Art is supposed to hurt.”
― Nicole Fiorina, Call Me Baby: Side A

“I loved him, but I didn’t need him, and I thought that was the way it was supposed to be.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

“As awareness grows, appreciation grows too. As appreciation grows, so does empathy.”
― Jon Young, What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World