Asher

“Maybe he decided that his sadness was going to be my companion forever, for as long as he wanted, because sad people are merciless.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

“Maybe we're just born to love and worry about the people we know, and to go on loving and worrying even when there are more important things we should be doing. And if that means the human species is going to die out, isn't it in a way a nice reason to die out, the nicest reason you can imagine? Because when we should have been reorganising the distribution of the world's resources and transitioning collectively to a sustainable economic model, we were worrying about sex and friendship instead. Because we loved each other too much and found each other too interesting. And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very reason I root for us to survive - because we are so stupid about each other.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“In the end, only three things matter: How much you loved, How gently you lived, And how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
― Laura James, Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World

“Abusers do not need to be, and rarely are, cackling maniacs. They just need to want something and not care how they get it.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House