Lee

“I am Ivan. I am a gorilla.

It’s not as easy as it looks.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan

“He often makes blithe remarks about things he 'wishes'. I wish you didn't have to go, he says when she's leaving, or: I wish you could stay the night. If he really wished any of those things, Marianne knows, then they would happen. Connell always gets what he wants, and then feels sorry for himself when what he wants doesn't make him happy.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“What was unique about this crime, was that the perpetrator could suggest the victim experienced pleasure and people wouldn't bat an eye. There's no such thing as a good stabbing or bad stabbing, consensual murder or nonconsensual murder.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name

“Sometimes I work so hard to keep myself calm all day, just to come home and let out all my feelings at once.”
― Angela Coelho, Sometimes Noise is Big: Life with Autism