Alicia

“I’m not sure. But there’s something about the darkness, the stillness of this hour, I think, that creates a language of its own. There’s a strange kind of freedom in the dark; a terrifying vulnerability we allow ourselves at exactly the wrong moment, tricked by the darkness into thinking it will keep our secrets. We forget that the blackness is not a blanket; we forget that the sun will soon rise. But in the moment, at least, we feel brave enough to say things we’d never say in the light.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“Every day I wake up a little more linear, a little less lost, and one day I'll be one the women who says 'I had the most charming dream,' and I'll mean it. Old enough to know what I'm losing in the process of being found.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe