Vivian

“Why is it that with nobody to watch over them, men can’t stop themselves from falling into disrepair? And that disrepair is then looked upon kindly and excused by the world, seen not as a failure of personal responsibility but something poignant and tragic.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

“I may be the serpent, but even snakes run for cover when hawks soared overhead.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“But dreams were so good at filling in memories moth-eaten by time. It was a smear of sensations, like paints too-watered-down. A little clay house with cracked floors.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“There are moments in one’s life that remain permanently distilled in memory. Some wither within minutes, and others are carved forever into our souls.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night