Amanda Apple

“A.J. has never changed a diaper in his life, though he is a modestly skilled gift wrapper.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.”
― William Wordsworth

“There was a nebula there, an explosion of dust and light, the fiery corpse of an ancient giant. Within the gaseous folds slept clusters of unborn stars, shining softly. She took inventory of her body. She felt her breath, her blood, the ties binding it together. Every piece, down to the last atom, had been made out here, flung through the open in a moment of violence, until they had swirled round and round, churning, and coalescing, becoming heavy, weighing each other down, but not any more. The pieces were floating free now. They had returned home.”
― Becky Chambers

“Wherever he was, whatever exile he condemned her to, he knew he would hear those footsteps behind him for the rest of his life - tripping over corpses.”
― Melanie Rawn, The Star Scroll