Daniela

“He makes a disgusting warbling sound that is some diseased form of laughter.”
― Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction

“While J is gone, I am afraid of the dark and ghosts. When I wake up in the middle ofthe night and need to pee, I lie there in my half sleep wondering if I can hold it until morning, if it is worth getting up and going through the dark spaces to the bathroom. There are more embarrassing fears than this. Like of aliens and downs and mind control by radio waves. I curse Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid ofthe Dark? The answer to which was a resounding yes for '90s children nationwide. Don't be ridiculous, I tell myself.
Still, I turn on the bedroom light, then the living room light, then the kitchen light, then the bathroom light. And when I turn off
each light behind me, I walk faster toward the lighted areas, until I am back in bed, head under the blanket, having a very difficult time getting back to sleep.”
― Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction

“My mother always said you can get through anything as long as you know it's going to end.”
― Gary Eldon Peter, The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen

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Like feeding an animal madder plants: it dyes the bones red, it stains everything inside crimson, she thought.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic