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Ever since he’d moved in upstairs, his world had become tiny. He wondered if he still possessed the necessary antibodies to venture outside.
Maybe he’d get some ancient disease that we thought we were done with, like polio or smallpox.
Taking pleasure in small, repetitive tasks was the big show of the whole day.
there were moments—crucial instances—that defined who someone was going to be. There were clues or signs, and you didn’t want to miss them.
Create diverse characters because you can. Especially ones that aren’t easy to write. A character that scares you is worth exploring.
Think hard about where your inspiration is coming from. Are you writing stereotypes? Tropes? Are you fetishizing the otherness? Whose ideas are you spreading? Really consider how you transmit certain optics over others. Think about how much power that is.”
Some people’s coping mechanisms were all about festering and secrecy and ruminating until you grew yourself a nice little tumor in your heart with a side of panic attack. Different strokes.
People were odd. Sam loved and loathed that about them. Fiction was fine, but real life was the true freak show.
Her mom monopolized her life so completely, and Penny was only just getting her footing in a life that was hers alone.
Does he say good morning to her in a way that’s reassuring? To where it feels as if he’s holding her hand for the entire rest of the day until he says good night? Would she be happy for him if his happiness meant that she couldn’t be with him?”
Romance was volatile, and if they came out of it with less than they had going in, she would be devastated.
It’s fucking art, man,” he said, scowling. “You don’t choose it. It chooses you. If you waste that chance, your talent dies. That’s when you start dying along with it.”
he’d heard the news reports on ICE raids all over Texas but had never properly paid attention. He hadn’t had to.
“You’ve got to understand that not everybody’s going to be exactly your kind of person.
Loving someone was traumatizing. You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. Everything precious was also vulnerable.
