Morgan Khandani

“Sometimes we need people to hunt the things inside of us that need to die but that we aren't ready to kill.”
― 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

“Life isn't that simple. People aren't that simple. You can't cut them into slices like a cake, then throw away the bits you don't like.”
― frances hardinge , Cuckoo Song

“We have a thing for bone yards, as we do for all things death-related. It's part of our religion, the topic of countless sermons: Where will YOU spend ETERNITY? THE AFTERLIFE: Endless BLISS or Endless TORTURE? We are haunted by these questions. If we die tomorrow, will we join the choir of angels or slow roast in Hell? We're not sure of the answer. So we are drawn to graveyards, where we can be close to the dead and ponder their fate as well as our own.”
― Julia Scheeres, Jesus Land: A Memoir