Dana Ali

“As I began to prune and shrivel I thought about going to the police and falsely confessing to everything, anything they wanted, just to get it over with. After a few years a college journalism class would review my trial and see that I was obviously innocent. There would be embarrassing publicity. The governor would grant me a pardon and I’d be released. At my press conference I’d say, “I knew God would make this day happen. In my heart, I was always free.” And then I would weep. And then I would sue the shit out of the city and the mayor’s office and the police department and anybody else I could find, to make sure that no one would ever have to suffer such terrible freedom in their heart again.”
― Paul Neilan, Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel

“It's easy tae be philosophical when some other cunt's got shite fir blood.”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“Whenever I'm leaving I get sentimental for that nostalgia I know I won't have the next day.”
― Paul Neilan, Apathy and Other Small Victories

“Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.”
― Mark Vonnegut, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So