Isabel

“Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck You," said the Raven.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“In the fog, she kissed me once, very quickly, and it felt like courage.”
― Julia Drake, The Last True Poets of the Sea

“I close my eyes, and this image floats beside me.
A sweaty toothed mad man with a stare that pounds my brain.
His hands reach out and choke me, and all the time he's mumbling.
“Truth, truth.”
Like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.
You push it, stretch it, but it'll never be enough.
You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us.
From the moment we enter crying,
to the moment we leave dying,
it'll just cover your face,
as you wail and cry and scream.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“Are there many things in this cool-hearted world so utterly exquisite as the pure love of one woman for another woman?”
― Mary MacLane, I Await the Devil's Coming