Ashley Karnis

“Some people can't see softness without wanting to hurt it”
― Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

“Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“He just wanted more life. He didn't know what he would do with it, but he wanted it- and not just his own but everyone's. More and more and more, until he had stuffed himself with it.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise