Ashley

“A strange smile wavered just around his face, not yet in his face,”
― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk

“But as a rule, online activism is sheer fanaticism: once people convince themselves they’re morally right, they think it’s perfectly acceptable to slit their opponent’s throat.”
― Virginie Despentes, Dear Dickhead

“I’d never slept with a woman before, though I’d spent most of my teens and college years obsessed with one or another. They’d all had boyfriends, or girlfriends, or else they were just patently not someone who would ever fancy me. When I told Edith this, she asked if I thought I’d gone for unavailable people because I knew I’d never have to face the reality that being with them would not solve all my problems. I told her she had no business saying something that perceptive.”
― Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

“In the queue, Edith told me she liked how I’d done my hair. I was momentarily happy, but then she complimented the barista in the same animated way.”
― Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times