Bri

“I just wanted Lee's attention—if not forever, then at least for the seven and a half minutes it would take him to polish me off.”
― Camille DeAngelis, Bones & All

“But that is the nature of grammar—it is always tense, like an instrument, aching for release, longing to transform present into past into future, is into was into will.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, The River Has Roots

“Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread.”
― Camille DeAngelis, Bones & All

“I leave the lip gloss on. Bright things in nature are often poisonous. Let that be my defense, then. Let Aspen watch, and predators prowl, and all the waiting jaws yawn wider. I will be a ruin to consume.”
― Ryan La Sala, The Honeys