Tina

“You can hope and pretend. You can imagine that the world is violent and that is has nothing to do with you - that the women who die nearby are a symptom of an abstract evil, a distant one. Because to do otherwise would be overwhelming, it would undo you from the inside out, rip you apart just as badly as if you were one of the victims yourself.”
― Ivy Pochoda, These Women

“People who are considered normal enjoy putting those who aren't on trial, you know.”
― Sayaka Murata, コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]

“Spanish! His family didn't even like speaking Spanish to him. He tried, and they insisted on answering him in English. Though they knew perfectly well that he spoke Spanish as well as they did and better than their children did. Each side had something to prove, and none of them knew what it was.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels

“I know how it feels to be exhausted with yourself.”
― Bethany C. Morrow, A Song Below Water