Flint

“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with boys. No one trains us to shield our hearts from each other. With girls, it's total vulnerability from the beginning. Our skin is bare and soft. We love with claws and teeth and the blood is just proof of how much. It's feral.

And it's relentless.”
― Leah Raeder, Black Iris

“The world will throw lies at you, aimed at your heart, aimed to kill.”
― Lacey Sturm, The Reason: How I Discovered a Life Worth Living

“I am small.

So are stars from a distance. It's all a matter of perspective.”
― C. Kennedy, Slaying Isidore's Dragons

“There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.”
― Shannon L. Alder