Abbey Flentje

“What is worse: being locked outside of your own mind, or being locked inside of it?”
― Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

“You have a voice that is unique. You have stories that are worth telling. The world is full of stories and it’s very easy to feel like you are this small, insignificant storyteller. So I think that holding onto that faith in yourself and in the power and worth of your own stories - that’s something I always have to come back to between projects. Do I have something worth talking about and how do I convince myself to rediscover that belief and that faith in myself? Something that’s important with that is making sure that you write things that bring you joy and excitement because that leaves less room for the doubt to creep in. It’s all a mind game.”
― Claire Legrand

“I am the stillness engulfed by rage, an ominous quiet after a heavy rain.”
― Kathlene Suzan Sharpe, She Planted Her Own Flowers

“In that moment, she was not a rock but a girl. Not a fatherless, sisterless daughter, but a living, breathing, selfish creature who wanted. Who craved.”
― Claire Legrand