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“plastic of the toilet seat pressed against my ass, I cup my hands around my belly in an attempt to soothe the stabbing cramps. My muscles are clenched so tightly that it takes a few seconds before I can relax enough to start the stream of urine. Somehow, this causes a stream of tears to leak out of my eyes at”
― Loretta Lost, End of Eternity

“The one man who changed everything.”
― Penny Reid, Winter Nights

“Those are very rational thoughts for a ten-year-old.” “What can I say? I was ten going on thirty.” “A grown-up mind in a child’s body?” “Exactly.” “How did the rest of your family take it?” “You see, when you say the word ‘family’ I think of my co-stars. My family is whoever I’m working with at the time. Or better said, ‘with whomever I’m working.’ We become a unit. It’s like, when you’re doing a movie nothing else matters in the world, just the movie and the team making the movie. You become immersed in your work, in the minds and hearts of the other actors around you. The cameramen, Make-up, Hair, the electricians . . . everybody. You are one pulsing heartbeat.” “I was referring to your father. Your brother.” I could feel my insides coil at the word “brother.” I felt sick, nauseous like I hadn’t eaten all day. That empty yet bilious feeling, coming up like vomit. “My brother is not ‘family.’ And my father?” I could feel my”
― Arianne Richmonde, Shooting Star

“She”
― Julie Mellon, Free to Kill