Ms. Hartling

“Words can lie. See beyond them.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“We wait to be rescued, but for whatever reason, no one comes. We figure that if no one protects us then we must not be worth protecting so we become prey and are easily picked off. Our wounded, kicked-puppy gazes attract sly predators and we sell ourselves for clearance sale prices, mistaking screwing for caring. We binge, purge, sleep around. We drink too much and get too high, anything to blot out the past.”
― Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

“The absence of violence is not love.”
― A.S. King, Still Life with Tornado

“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine