Jessie Coad

“The problem was the liars. They said she could do anything she set her mind to, they told her she should shoot for the moon because if she missed she’d be among the stars, they made movies tricking her into thinking she could achieve heroic things. All lies. Because she was born to answer phones in call centers, to carry bags to customers’ cars, to punch a clock, to measure her life in smoke breaks. To think otherwise was insane.”
― Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör

“please pretend for a moment that I’m allowed to have feelings about my life, irrespective of how easy I’ve had it or how hard other people have it in comparison.”
― Penny Reid, Bananapants

“I think a trauma doesn’t stop just because you’ve been rescued.”
― Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden

“You forget, darling.
I am the local psychopath.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Bitten