∞Bertha _

“Like raindrops on granite," I say,
because we know that's how I persist--
drip, drip, drip
until the granite cracks.”
― Marilyn Hilton, Full Cicada Moon

“I absolutely demand of you and everyone I know that they be widely read in every damn field there is; in every religion and every art form and don’t tell me you haven’t got time! There’s plenty of time. You need all of these cross-references. You never know when your head is going to use this fuel, this food for its purposes. —Ray Bradbury”
― Annie Spence, Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

“We’re from where we’re from,” she says back. “Scars are part of the deal, aren’t they?”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

“I'm saying that people can be mad at each other and they can forgive each other and they can be mad at each other again and they can do stupid things and they can do smart things. The best part of being human, Amelia, is being a human. We are all whiteboards that can be covered in terrible words, erased, and re-covered in better words.”
― K.A. Holt, From You to Me