Shelby

“Synesthesia is a unique sensory phenomenon that affects less than ten percent of the world’s population. A person with synesthesia—or “joined perception”—often experiences multiple sensory responses when only one sense has been stimulated. Many creative people experience this comingling of senses: the painter Kandinsky saw colors when he listened to music, and the musician Billie Eilish reports a wide array of synesthetic experiences that include color, sound, texture, and temperature.”
― Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

“What’s true is often hidden from sight—religious fervor disguises cruelty, dark desires hide behind a mask of conformity.”
― Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

“But the mothers think in the present; they formulate a plan. They can’t afford to think in the past because the past doesn’t matter anymore—it’s a distraction. A waste of time. They can’t afford to think in the future because the future is too terrifying, too painful—if they let their minds wander there, they may never return. They may break.”
― Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

“He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe