Lea

“If Ava were here, she would say Run. Break a window if you have to.
Or she would just look at me and the look would say all the thoughts of my whole soul back to me and I would feel comforted. I would be able to bear the pipes and steel drums with a smile.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“I love you but I will not sit here and wait for the story to change — I’m going to make it change.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“But you know when your feet just walk you to a place? Black clothes sticking to my body. Hands empty and open at my sides. Empty and emptied. Alone, alone, alone. Watching the swan, alone too, morning light on its white feathers as it glides along the dark water like a dream, I wish it was all a dream. Wish I could erase the night. Fill it with something else. Someone.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“He wondered about himself (whether he was broken, or special, or better, or worse) and about other people (whether they were really all as stupid as they seemed).”
― V.E. Schwab, Vicious