Alison Mignolet

“I try to stay silent when I first meet people, trying to figure out how to wear my mask, what kind of person I need to be for the conversation.”
― Karina Halle, Grave Matter

“Many neurotypicals think most of us are faking it; they don’t understand how we’re not actually lazy but that there are brick walls that slide down, preventing us from doing things, even things we want to do. When they tell us not to worry about something or not to take something personally, they don’t realize we often can’t. And in the end, they shun us and side-eye us and make pithy comments about how “mentally unstable” we are, especially if we happen to present as feminine.”
― Karina Halle, Grave Matter

“I don’t just want part of her. I want all of her. I want to consume these boundaries between us until I finally feel whole.”
― Brynne Weaver, Scythe & Sparrow

“Some people keep their heart tucked so deep, they hardly know it’s there. But you, you have always worn it like a second skin. Open to the world. You feel it all. The love and pain. The joy and hope and sorrow. It will make your life harder, but it will also make it beautiful.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil