Clio Napier

“I am thinking about how enormous my thighs look pressed down on the concrete, while simultaneously thinking about how small I am in the grand scheme of things.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“And then, as some people started dancing, and the din increased, there was a release of tension, and no one paid attention to anything.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“Humans change over time.
I certainly have. I’ve aged and become grumpy.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, People From My Neighbourhood

“A reminder to remember: just because the sharpness of the sadness has faded does not mean that it was not, once, terrible. It means only that time and space, creatures of infinite girth and tenderness, have stepped between the two of you, and they are keeping you safe as they were once unable to.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House