Emily Chen

“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― Albert Camus, L'Étranger

“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles