jennifer

“read once that sharks are thought to be an example of evolutionary perfection. They have been honed over four hundred and fifty million years into simple, efficient, optimum predators. They may not outsmart some mammals, but who needs intelligence when one is”
― C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

“because there’s nothing to be ashamed about a woman embracing her sexuality and sexual desires, that’s what Cassie-Oh-Kay always”
― Crowley Barns, DADDY: SPLATTERPUNK HORROR MAYHEM

“lifetime thus far of being alone. Of knowing I would be alone, forever. To stand in a full room and know oneself to be apart, that invisible barrier between you and them to be in every way uncrossable. To find the will to exist in a world so wholly unsuited for you.”
― C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

“normal. I never miss him so much as when I spend time with another man. My infidelity has the inverse effect of what I intend: I return even more in love with him. Unsurprisingly, my husband asks me neither where I was nor with whom. Does he trust me or is he taunting me? I tell him about my faculty meeting in great detail, even though he doesn’t ask me a single question. I justify myself, but he’s not listening. He cuts”
― Maud Ventura, My Husband