Elvina Zafril

“I still have a last-day-of-sixth-grade feeling. All year you’re excited for school to end so you can move on to junior high, but then the day comes and you realize that something that was an important part of your life is dying. And endings are still so new that you don’t know quite how to feel. You find an excuse not to run out the door when the bell rings and school’s out. You talk to your teacher one last time. You use the restroom one last time. You take a circuitous route back to your classroom. On your way out, you look back and sigh, and you experience this deep wishfulness, and you wonder if life is just a series of endings. New beginnings don’t make endings any easier.”
― Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

“I tried to stop loving you
so I built walls around my heart
and found other names
to whisper in the night.
But you carved yourself into my veins
whether you meant to or not.
And sometimes I wonder
if you remember the way we looked at each other
or maybe you just forgot.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

“Finally, I say, “I’ve had boyfriends who liked to go to the bookstore, but mostly so they could pretend to be smarter than me and brag about all the Kurt Vonnegut and Charles Bukowski they’ve read.” “Who and who?” “You can’t imagine what a relief that question is.” “No guy who tries to make you feel dumb deserves you.”
― Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee

“I’d say the winner of this debate is the God of Death, who’s now several minutes closer to claiming all of us.”
― Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee