Karen

“It’s safer knowing more about people than they know about you.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“But there’s also a small voice in the back of my mind, a voice that tells me, “You will miss so much by being so guarded.” Perhaps it begins with one person. Someone you trust. You remove a piece of armor for them; you let the light stream in, even if it makes you wince. Perhaps that is how you learn to be soft yet strong,”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“But posting on Facebook is a false kind of intimacy, and in real life they haven’t seen or spoken to each other for a long time”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures