I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying one, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive before they died.

We no longer believe in fairy tales. But we will learn to believe in monsters

If death is your lover, you don't got to be afraid ever that he will ever leave you

In Mexico people wear hummingbird amulets around their necks to show they are searching for love. Here people pretend that they aren’t. Searching.

You were just a boy on a bed in a room, like a kaleidoscope is a tube full of bits of broken glass. But the way I saw you was pieces refracting the light, shifting into an infinite universe of flowers and rainbows and insects and planets, magical dividing cells, pictures no one else knew.

Every girl is a goddess.

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.