Elle Rivers

“It is easier, swearing ourselves to someone else's cause than to sit with who we are without one.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“Human beings, Adina faxes, did not think their lives were challenging enough so they invented roller coasters. A roller coaster is a series of problems on a steel track. Upon encountering real problems, human beings compare their lives to riding a roller coaster, even though they invented roller coasters to be fun things to do on their days off.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“When you’re alone, you are in the right place to watch sadness approach like storm clouds over an open field. You can sit in a chair and get ready for it.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“I want to know you better."
"No, you don't. I'm not friendly. I like to be alone."
"You can be alone with me.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop