Hanna Lyons

“I always thought my own father hated me, but Stephen said to me that nobody truly hates anyone. Hate is just fear in drag, he said.”
― Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story

“My family bought a new T.V.
the year I came.
It lasted seven years.”
― Cate Murray, Outskirts of the Woods

“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“And I wish she knew that her ability to even utter all these doubts out loud means she thinks highly enough of herself to respect the emotions inside her. I would never let my doubts leave the prison of my brain.”
― Abdi Nazemian, Like a Love Story