Joanna

“Do not be afraid of demons; it is the living we should fear. Human horrors trump anything that Hollywood or the afterlife can conjure. Always remember this when you encounter a wild animal or a stray spirit. They are not as dangerous as you.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“The dosage of my antidepressant is such that I haven’t cried actual tears in a decade, but there are times when I want so badly to cry that I make all the noises of crying, press my fists into my eyes so I feel something similar. The absence of tears hurts more—or makes whatever hurts hurt more—than if I could just sob.”
― Rebecca Makkai, I Have Some Questions For You

“I've watched your kind. Both as beast and as ghost. I can't understand why humans destroy when they can create. Such a waste.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“It’s difficult to know God’s face if you don’t even know your own”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida