Fiona’s Reviews > Death Valley > Status Update

"Clearly, we are not on the same drug. This is the problem with human relationships: you come to a person with one feeling and they’re having another."

"I get why people like this outdoorsy, self-inflicted adventure stuff. There’s something to be said for manufacturing a crisis (a crisis can be simpler than just living). Definitely more thrilling. Each time I see a trailmarker, I feel a flood of adrenaline."

"Euphoric dreams leave a question hanging in the air—the question of: Is that all we get?"

"Doom is maybe just a trapped sob, I tell myself. Remember that."

"If I’m honest, I came to escape a feeling—an attempt that’s already going poorly, because unfortunately I’ve brought myself with me, and I see, as the last pink light creeps out to infinity, that I am still the kind of person who makes another person’s coma all about me."