C.

“I am an eater who enjoys structured magic. I don't feel courageous enough to let myself eat whatever I want, because I don't want to face the wrath of what my mind will do to me after. I have a vested interest in keeping things under control, because when I lose my illusions of control I get very scared.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“The moon is definitely judging me. Dogs knows the truth. Babies see through me. Anything natural, anything pure: judging me.”
― Melissa Broder, So Sad Today: Personal Essays

“I do remember that as a young girl I prayed for beauty. I'd lie in bed, squeeze my eyes shut, and concentrate so hard that I broke out in a sweat underneath the covers. I believed that for God to take you seriously, you had to make your mind as blank as possible and then focus on the expanding spots of light behind your eyelids and think only of the one thing you desperately wished for.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

“Phaedra: Can't switch this off. Can't crush it. Can't. Wake up with it, burning me. Think I'll crack open I want him so much. I talk to him. He talks to me, you know, we, we know each other very well, he tells me things, we're very close. About sex and how much it depresses him, and I know -”
― Sarah Kane, Phaedra's Love