Kayla

“I hated it [here], so I escaped. […] Once I started traveling […] things finally felt better. I met people, and—I don’t know, without the baggage of history or the fear of what would happen, it felt so much easier to open up to people. To make friends. I know it sounds pathetic, but all those little chance encounters we had—those made me less lonely. […] I needed those people, because I felt alone. I thought I had to run hundreds of miles away from here to find some place to belong. I spent my whole life thinking anyone outside my family who got too close, saw too much, wouldn’t want me anymore. The safest thing was those quick, serendipitous moments with strangers. That’s all I thought I could have. And then there was you.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“Looking down I can’t help but be turned on seeing my mark on her skin. Yeah, I probably should have told her what the mark means, but honestly, I’m not ready to say it out loud. She’s mine.”
― Cala Riley, Redlined

“I enter my phone number with the name of Badass Bitch.”
― Cala Riley, Redlined

“Friday, the 20th of March 2020,”
― S. Breaker, Save Yourself