Amr Jal

“I kept a devotional journal, producing a record of spiritual longing that was fierce and jagged and dissolving. I pleaded for things I still find very recognizable. Help me to not put on an act of any kind,”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror

“Writers fight in our own ways. In the end it has something to do with accepting life as it unfolds, accepting other people. It means understanding that it is our task to do good unto each other.”
― Nettie Jones, Fish Tales

“That’s what the Stoics believed—Zeno and Seneca, those ancient fuckers. The trick, I now agreed, was you had to remain unattached to any future wishes or vision.”
― Melissa Broder, The Pisces

“From those of us who are left behind: you will be remembered, you were the one I needed, I loved you in my dreams.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park