Cecelia

“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“My point was that what we say affects the world we live in, that words are both a reflection of and a catalyst for the way our society operates.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“We are the books we read and the things we love...Our ghosts hide in the things we leave behind.”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

“Freedom was far more intoxicating than safety could ever be.”
― Christina Henry, The Mermaid