Cecilia Bartels

“This is what thinking does for you, he thought. It gets you into trouble. Even when you know other people can think for themselves, you start thinking for them too.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents

“Miraculous. Joan recalls the existence of dogs, craft stores, painkillers, the public library. Cream ribboning through coffee. The scent of the lilacs near her childhood home. Brown sugar on a summer strawberry. Her father’s recovery from the tyranny of multigenerational alcoholism… The euphoria of the first warmth after winter, the first easy breath after a cold, the return of one’s appetite after an anxiety attack… These thoughts – how she can force herself to have them. Miraculous.”
― Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

“I'm so sick of violence against women disguised as validation.”
― Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

“The only benefit of her generalized anxiety disorder was that it prepared Hope for the Worst-Case Scenario; she was never surprised when one materialized because the Worst-Case Scenario was where she spent most of her time.”
― Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch