Asher

“Abusers do not need to be, and rarely are, cackling maniacs. They just need to want something and not care how they get it.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“What a poisonous woman! Whew! Why didn’t somebody murder her!” “It may yet happen,” Poirot consoled him.”
― Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile

“Even today I enjoy reading a book much more second time around. A first read can be filled with apprehension. What if I don’t like the way the story goes? What if something awful happens to a favourite character? What if I get bored halfway through after I’ve invested something of myself in the story? A second read is a joy. I know exactly what is going to happen, so can immerse myself in the words and the subtleties in a way that would have been too stressful the first time.”
― Laura James, Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World

“Maybe I wasn’t the princess in her castle; maybe I was a madwoman locked in her tower.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire