There's a Monster in the Woods Quotes

“I’d forgotten how much easier it was to bear the world's weight while wrapped in arms stronger than my own.”
― Fae Quin, There's a Monster in the Woods

“We were the same, him and I. Mirrored pieces of men who didn’t know how to love someone new when the gaping holes of those we’d loved before had left us frayed at the edges.”
― Fae Quin, There's a Monster in the Woods

“All my life I’d told myself I didn’t care what people thought of me. But the truth was, I did. I just didn’t know what to do about it. I didn’t want to change. I didn’t want to be who they wanted me to be. I wanted to exist, peacefully, so I’d pushed away my unease. I’d ignored the comments, I’d laughed at the rumors, I’d eaten every harsh word and joke—ingested them, then tucked them deep inside me, where no one could see how badly they hurt.”
― Fae Quin, There's a Monster in the Woods

“He was pieced together by magic, and I was a man in search of enchantment.”
― Fae Quin, There's a Monster in the Woods

“I didn’t care what they thought of me. That’s what I told myself anyway. Because the moment I started to care I’d surely break, and I refused to ever get to that point.”
― Fae Quin, There's a Monster in the Woods

“Life was too short to waste my time worrying about other people’s opinions.”
― Fae Quin, There's a Monster in the Woods