Shirley

“Factionlessness isn’t the worst thing I can imagine, not anymore. It’s living a life that isn’t mine.”
― Veronica Roth, The Sixth Faction

“I think caring about them doesn’t mean I owe them a version of myself that isn’t real.”
― Veronica Roth, The Sixth Faction

“I don’t want to be there at the final moments. I want—I want the middle ones. Lazy mornings in bed and cups of coffee gone cold. Flowers in bloom and lipstick smudged on the edge of a glass. A single candle wedged crooked in buttercream icing. Towels fresh from the dryer and junk mail shoved through a crack in the door.”
― B.K. Borison, Grim Tidings

“The three of us slowly walk over to the decomposing human, kneeling in front of it to have our first meal together as a family.”
― Saratoga Schaefer, Trad Wife