Lilah

“I rebelled in silent ways, with my thoughts.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“Dear Mr. Kulti,
You are my favorite player. I play soccer 2 butt I'm not good like you are. Not yet. I practice all the time so 1 day I can be just like you or beter. I watch all of ur games so don't mess up.
Ur #1 fan,
Sal
<3<3<3
P.S. Do u have a girl friend?
P.P.S. Why don't u cut ur hair?

"I was nineteen when that showed up to the club's offices. It was my third fan letter ever and the other two were topless pictures. That letter stayed in every locker I used for the nest ten years. It was the first thing I looked at before my games, and the first thing I saw after I played. I framed it and put it in my house in Meissen once it started to wear out. It's still there on the wall of my bedroom.”
― Mariana Zapata, Kulti

“You suck, Meatball," he called out a second before I knew the music was about to start. But I love you, his lips formed.”
― Mariana Zapata, From Lukov with Love

“This was how I knew the sleep was having an effect: I was growing less and less attached to life. If I kept going, I thought, I'd disappear completely, then reappear in some new form. This was my hope. This was the dream.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation