Joy Carmel

“I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in those eyes, I said, so it’s summer, so it’s suicide, so we’re helpless in sleep and struggling at the bottom of the pool.”
― Richard Siken

“I want someone whose heart is big enough to hold me.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“There is an empty space next to you in the backseat of the station wagon. Make it the shape of everything you need. Now say hello.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“That’s because you ooze preemptive leave-me-alone death rays.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments