Sophia

“I always imagined rage to be a red”
― Rachel Harrison, Bad Dolls

“Religious fervor whipped the churches into a frenzy, and I often heard people talking in hushed whispers about the end of days when I slipped into the chapel to pray in the evening. My piety was a sporadic, haalf-feral thing, sometimes lashing out at God with teeth baed, other times nuzzling against His loving providence like a kitten, but prayer steadied me. Whether I was talking to myself or something more, it brought me peace. The world we had all known, it seemed, was drawing to a close.”
― S.T. Gibson

“You don't have to explain,' I say, though all I want is a detailed explanation with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, The Ex Talk

“You can take away my EKTORP and my MALM, but you can't take away my VITTSJÖ,' Dominic says, wrapping a protective arm around the bookshelf in his living room.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, The Ex Talk