Christina

“the highest among us aren’t always the wisest,”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

“What about all the poor brothers and sisters across the city and the shit they had to deal with? Fuck, what about all the poor brothers and sisters in Syria for that matter? They sure had their hands full. What do you even call depression in a refugee camp? Depression felt as much a luxury as veganism and fair trade coffee.”
― Zack McDermott, Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love

“Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

“This is the trouble with history. You can't see what's not there. You can look at an empty space and see that something's missing, but there's no way to know what it was.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power