Camryn Moore

“It is like we said: when gods awaken in you, sometimes you carve yourself up to satisfy them.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater

“I am writing because they told me to never start a sentence with because. But I wasn't trying to make a sentence—I was trying to break free. Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“When you break something, you must study the pattern of the shattering before you can piece it back together.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater

“They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous