Maxine Taylor

“For now all she could think about was how thin, how thin to fucking vanishing, was the line between normalcy and horror.”
― Honor Jones, Sleep

“C’mon, please.” Lore shook her head. “He always was what he was, and he told us from the beginning. When someone tells you who they are, believe them. Isn’t that the saying? You knew who he was and who you were voting for. You probably voted for him the other times, too, you just won’t say it out loud. You took the hat off, oooh, but I bet you still own it. If I squint, I can still see it on your head.” She rolled her eyes. “Half of America put the hat on and took the mask off and that was that, and that’s where we’re at now.”
― Chuck Wendig, The Staircase in the Woods

“At least we had each other, though. In our beautiful, chaotic, messy lives, we were as safe as we could ever be. Even if it was only an illusion of safety.”
― Penny Zang, Doll Parts

“Now all that was gone. This was the unbelievable fact of death. This was a paradox her mind could not accept, that someone could be in the world one moment and simply be gone the next.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis