Lena

“P.S. A typo? No, Winnow. I simply forgot to add a footnote, which should have read as: *outshine: transitive verb a. to shine brighter than b. to excel in splendor or showiness You remember how you said that word to me in the infirmary, post-trenches? You believed I had come to the Bluff to outshine you. And I would speak this word back to you now, but only because I would love to see you burn with splendor. I would love to see your words catch fire with mine.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“How I love to lose to you. How I love to read your words and hear the thoughts that sharpen your mind. And how I would love to be on my knees before you now, surrendering to you and you alone.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“I'd never had the opportunity to be the object of hate before. The hard part isn't the hate. It's the object.”
― Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed

“He listens as I tell him how it's like something else moved into our house this year. Something different to annoyance or irritation, which has always lived side by side with us. It's bigger, with a huge shadow, one that makes everything cold. You can't brush it away, or forget that it's there. It's over the whole house. There are only slips of warmth in a few tiny places and not where you used to find them.”
― Tara Eglington, The Long Distance Playlist