Gemma Bond

“It surprised Anna and it upset Anna how small her life was each time she tried to tell it, to shape it in order to escape it, how it always came out too quickly as a few dispiriting sentences so easily dismissed.”
― Richard Flanagan, The Living Sea of Waking Dreams

“I won't let anyone down,
If I crawl tonight
But I still let everyone down,
When I change in size
And I went tumbling down,
Trying to reach your height
But I scream too loud,
If I speak my mind.”
― Halsey, I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry

“It's always a choice between fireworks and coffee in bed,' Fabiana says. 'It always is.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

“It must be the worst kind of suffering – cognizance of one’s own collapse, the penance of watching as things slip away.”
― Avni Doshi, Girl in White Cotton