Macy Buckner

“I’ll punch Ted Bundy in the face if I have to.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I wondered if it would continue to be that way, if in time the word wouldn’t hurt at all, or if it was a tiny shard that always would, like the piece of a splinter you can’t reach with tweezers.”
― Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden

“He could do that. Those were small prices to pay for the luxury of going on long walks in the woods with her. Or the privilege of arguing with her. Or the rare gift of seeing that wild girl she kept hidden beneath the surface.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter

“Every few seconds, a koi fish thumps against the glass of its tank by the living room window. Cora thinks the tank is probably too small for a fish the size of a guinea pig, but it has been with Auntie Zeng longer than Cora has been alive, so she doubts anything will change now. Its name is Tom Hanks because Auntie Zeng thought that was a popular American name in the ’90s, and Cora suspects that one day it will open its mouth and swallow the entire world like a black hole.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng