Sammi

“All right, Tess. You want it all? You don't care about consequences? Then it is too late. I could tell you to leave him alone. That he's complicated, not in a sexy way, but in a damaged way. I could tell you damage isn't sexy, it's scary. You're still young enough to think every experience will improve you in some long-term way, but it isn't true. How do you suppose damage gets passed on?”
― Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

“People will disappoint you with their cruelty every time”
― Alice Hoffman, The Museum of Extraordinary Things

“She didn't know if Evie had always been emotionally promiscuous or if it was the grief talking. It was like she was infected by sadness, and as a carrier she made everyone around her sad. Which seemed reckless and a little selfish to Paige. When you're contagious you quarantine yourself. Evie should stay inside until the grief ran its course. Stay away from other people, children, anyone whose psychological immune system might be compromised.”
― Elissa Schappell, Blueprints for Building Better Girls

“once a girl walked into a library she could never be controlled again.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour