Moon Soul: A Cozy Science Fantasy Novella

by Nathaniel Luscombe

I crave love, but I want an organic form, not someone else’s leftovers.

I wonder if anyone around me can feel my body shutting down.

you should never sacrifice yourself for the sake of other people’s enjoyment.”

I wish I could live without being perceived.

Talent brings about opportunity, but it doesn’t determine destiny. That is the peace of life: knowing other options exist beyond the talents we’re born with.

I will not raise another version of myself. I refuse to bring someone into this world, only to hand them loneliness and pain.

Why do I struggle to ask for help? It’s like I’ve placed an expectation on other people to notice I need help before I can tell them about my pain.

I’m used to being the outlet through which everyone dumps their emotions, but for once I want to let it loose on someone else.

“I don’t think human nature is an excuse. It’s also human nature to change and grow based on experiences.”

If you live your life based on other people’s reactions, you’ll never truly live.”

The very inner core of myself is not something I’d consider myself well acquainted with. It’s something I tend to avoid.

How nice it is to be two happy people on a purple moon.

To grieve over what I might have had seems foolish, but it’s a very real feeling.

In some ways, a barrier would always stand between us, and now that she’d died, the chance to tear it down was gone.

As Lekka would say, “Write what you want and don’t let other people’s opinions limit you.” And of course she would say that, because she’s my character so she says whatever I tell her to say.