Sophie

“Where men can't live gods fare no better.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

“Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name into my shoulders, referenced me with your mark. The pads of your fingers have become printing blocks, you tap a message on to my skin, tap meaning into my body.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body

“People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything,”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People