Melissa

“A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.”
― Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

“Shame was a peculiar beast, Naomi knew. She suspected everyone had it: the dragon they wanted to slay. But for her it was different. Naomi wanted to bathe in it, to stand under its waterfall and come out blessed.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Child Finder

“First you try to find a reason, try to understand what you've done so wrong so you can be sure not to do it anymore. After that you look for signs of a Jekyll and Hyde situation, the good and the bad in a person sifted into separate compartments by some weird accident. Then, gradually, you realize that there isn't a reason, and it isn't two people you're dealing with, just one. The same one every time.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Boy, Snow, Bird