Karen

“Bear, I need your eyes. I need your nose. I need your night-wits and forest-wisdom.”
― Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows

“My family taught me, too, to begin every burial with these words, which my mother said were true of everyone who lives long enough to walk and talk—from the most honorable person lying here, down to the very worst.” He closed his eyes and touched his chest. “ ‘How they tried,’ ” said Rafe. “ ‘How long, how hard they tried.”
― Gabrielle Squailia, Viscera

“Absolutes are the hallucinations of culture.”
― Gabrielle Squailia, Viscera

“i am not a hotel room. i am home
i am not the whiskey you want
i am the water you need
don't come here with expectations
and try to make a vacation out of me”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey