Christina

“I was alone, pulsing with sorrow and bewilderment.”
― Maria Semple, Today Will Be Different

“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
― Warsan Shire

“My eyes pooled with tears. Mu lungs were butterfly wings. A seed had been sown in the pit of my belly. It grew speedily, blackly, like a Fourth of July snake pellet, a grotesque crinkly thing, filling me up something terrible.”
― Maria Semple, Today Will Be Different

“My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.”
― Warsan Shire