Stephanie H

“When he began to see the way the world is, not the way the corporate media presented it, not the way his teacher and parents told it, not the way he wished it was, so he wouldn't have to feel guilt. Once he saw the way the world is, in it's most gritty, tactile, overwhelming sadness and injustice, well he could never unsee it.”
― Stephen Markley, Ohio

“If energy is delight and exuberance is beauty, the manic depressive knows more about life than anyone else. Didn't Freud say happiness was nothing more than the remission of pain? So, the more pain, the intenser the happiness.”
― Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift

“What is love if not a hunger?”
― Shobha Rao, Girls Burn Brighter

“Maybe the ending was the best part - the only time you saw the beauty in it all.”
― Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand