Michelle

“I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“I have been blinded, as many of us have been blinded by our needs. I had thought of only my family--this was the limit to my responsibility, and therefore, my vision.
-Istak”
― F. Sionil José, Dusk

“Desire is the kind of thing that
eats you
and
leaves you starving.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“So honesty then and service are rewarded by banishment and people sell themselves without so much ado because they have no beliefs--only a price.”
― F. Sionil José, Tree