Cassie

“It might seem like the easier way to get rid of a poet would be just to take him out to the backyard, have him kneel between the cans with tomato plants in them and put a bullet in his brain. But they knew from history that it doesn't work to kill a writer. Every time you shoot a poet,a dozen new ones are born. It's like plucking a grey hair.”
― Heather O'Neill, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night

“Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“You are a mousetrap of a friend, all soft cheese and hard springs”
― Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

“Young person worry: What if nothing I do matters?
Old person worry: What if everything I do does?”
― Jenny Offill, Weather