Karlen HK

“That's a thing people don't talk about enough - that there are people who will judge even the way you mourn your loved ones.”
― Eric LaRocca, At Dark, I Become Loathsome

“He came out of nothingness, took form, was loved, was always bound to return to nothingness.”
― George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo

“So what if this bunch of beautiful poseurs didn’t think I looked like much? I knew the content of my own character, and I didn’t need their approval.”
― Christina Henry, Black Wings

“Up until now, I thought I knew what was and wasn't possible. Maybe that's what innocence is, having no way to predict the pain of the future. When something happens that eclipses the imaginable, it changes a person. It's like the difference between a raw egg and a scrambled egg. It's the same thing, but it's not the same at all. That's the best way I can put it. I look in the mirror and I know it's me, but I can't quite recognize myself.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage