Haley

“I’m not trying to hide from the truth but to balance it, to remind myself that there are other truths, too. I need to remember that the earth, fragile as it is, remains heartbreakingly beautiful. I need to give my attention to a realm that is indifferent to fretful human mutterings and naked human anger, a world unaware of the hatred
and distrust taking over the news.”
― Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

“He pressed his lips to hers. When he pulled away, her eyes were open, her gaze liquid and intense. A new understanding cracked open in his chest: they both knew that was not practice.”
― Isabel Cañas, Vampires of El Norte

“I'll k-kill you."
A big, pink heart appeared on her screen. "I am old enough to be your motherboard. Please do not flirt with me if you do not mean it.”
― T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

“I want to peel off all my skin, if only so I could be anything other than a naked body, something horrifying instead of vulnerable. Nobody looks at a pig corpse and thinks it could be made beautiful.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth