Erica

“I didn’t have feelings for Carson—I was in love with him. And what’s worse than falling in love when you don’t want to? Falling in love with someone who can’t love you back.”
― Lauren Stewart, Darker Water

“Once you start to speak, people will yell at you. They will interrupt you, put you down and suggest it’s personal. And the world won’t end.
And the speaking will get easier and easier. And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don’t miss them. And new ones will find you and cherish you. And you will still flirt and paint your nails, dress up and party, because, as I think Emma Goldman said, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” And at last you’ll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.”
― Audre Lorde

“He’s amazing but refuses to see it. Like the only things he has that anyone wants are his wallet and his ass.”
― Lauren Stewart, Darker Water

“It was in my DNA to fuck up everything good. But I wanted it to be true and I would try. Really fucking hard.”
― Lauren Stewart, Darker Water