Niki

“Fuck.” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “That’s twice you’ve handed me my ass and run off.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“That’s really the golden age, isn’t it? That’s what my brain is longing for, a time when I only saw the sparkle. A time when I loved this unabashedly because I hadn’t realized that the sparkle was a distraction layered over a complex concept full of cracks and mold, and the day you see beyond the glitter for the first time is the day you officially grow up, no going back.”
― Sara Raasch, The Nightmare Before Kissmas

“If it hurts, then no," I murmured, my voice muffled by the closeness of our bodies. "I can't handle more pain.”
― Jade Song, Chlorine

“it is true that what humans call intergenerational trauma has always been heavy, sinking to the gloomy abyss of repressed memory to be mined for so-called wisdom later.”
― Jade Song, Chlorine