Maria Milano

“Families are like fingerprints; no two are the same, and they tend to leave their mark.”
― Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker

“Light was everything. Sunshine, windows with the blinds open. Pages with short chapters and lots of white space and
Short.
Paragraphs.
Light was everything.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“That’s the odd thing about depression and anxiety. It acts like an intense fear of happiness, even as you yourself consciously want that happiness more than anything.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

“It’s funny how people grow into the names they are given. As though a
few letters arranged in a certain order can predict a person’s future happiness
or sorrow. Knowing a person’s name isn’t the same as knowing a person, but
names are the first impression we all judge and are judged by. Daisy Darker
was the name life gave me and I suppose I did grow into it.”
― Alice Feeney, Daisy Darker