Anna Black

“Exhausted and hungry, they climbed the mountain, one slope after another. Until they reached the very top. It was windy, and the wind was cold. And you know what was there? Stone and moss and scraggly trees. Nothing. As good as nothing.”
― Blair Braverman

“It had become clear over three days that Ashley had the least survival experience of all of them. She had poor instincts with fire, putting damp wood on dark coals, blocking the flow of air by accident. She said most of her outdoors experience was car camping. Mara liked that she didn't pretend otherwise. She respected Ashley as much for that as she would for expertise. It struck her as brave both to come here without training and to admit it.”
― Blair Braverman

“Maybe there is dignity in accepting that we need nature because we need each other.”
― George B. Handley, Home Waters: A Year of Recompenses on the Provo River

“They could cast us in a movie together. Florence Pugh will play me. That girl from Crazy Rich Asians will play Athena.”
― R.F. Kuang