Twila

“Sometimes,’ she said, ‘at special moments like that, people feel a pain alongside their happiness”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

“There are certain male figures we were just told to believe in, to trust. Our rock gods. Our politicians. Our medical professionals. A cornerstone of reaching adult womanhood is realizing that this is a myth—that men, no matter what their profession or how deeply their work speaks to you, can be dangerous.”
― Gabrielle Korn, Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes

“Born restless, her father used to say. Which was fine for a son, but bad for a daughter.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

“Your mind will rejoin your body when it is safe to do so.”
― Jennifer Egan, The Candy House