Alecia (The Staircase Reader)

“If death had a sound, it would be the broken wails of my mother. She's dying, her broken heart ripping her to shreds for all to witness.”
― Ker Dukey, Lust

“Your love story was no fairy tale. More like a witch tale. Wicked and real and painful.”
― L.J. Shen, The Kiss Thief

“I know we're fucked up, all right? I'm impulsive and hot-tempered, and you get under my skin like no one else. You act like you hate me one minute, and then you need me the next. I never get anything right, and I don't deserve you...but I fucking love you, Abby. I love you more than I've loved anyone or anything, ever. When you're around, I don't need booze or money or the fighting or the one-night stands...all i need is you. You're all I think about. You're all I dream about. You're all I want.”
― Jamie McGuire, Beautiful Disaster

“Do you know why I have so many tattoos? It's because I felt invisible, as if I didn't exist. The tattoos made me feel like I wasn't a shadow.”
― Jamie Begley, Shade