Veruca Salt

“I was lying there on the floor, feeling a cold draft tiptoe down the hall and into the living room, and all of a sudden I felt very, very lonely.”
― Lili St. Crow, Strange Angels

“It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“I note how calm she looks and how focused she is. She is well-practiced in the art of losing herself. I can't say the same of myself.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“I press my back against the wall and feel the pressure of it against my whole body. I want to feel enclosed again, protected, safe as I was in the village. I wrap the blanket tightly around me, and I try to comfort myself by thinking about Tadeusz, but the loneliness that has opened up inside me is bigger than one person can fill.”
― Brigid Pasulka, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True