“Sometimes my feelings get so big that I just want to swim out into the darkness. Just jump off the end of the world. Sometimes I want to dig, right down to the bones of everything. Sometimes when you dig,… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
It's a fact of life. Hearts are always hurting. And yet they still keep pumping. — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
“But liking someone whose species you dislike is something--worth more than currency on a chit.” — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
“But the dead, they have ghosts. Ghosts are very useful for haunting. Never forget the dead, Tula. They have their function. They sometimes speak… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
Sure we girls can wear pants now, and vote, and go to college, have a bank account, get a job that is not just stewardess or nurse. But we still have to deal with micro-aggressions and daily sexism. We are still fighting for word over our own bodies. We still get the short shrift on equal pay. We're still not… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share
“Betrayal and grief have a certain color no matter what the species is.” — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
“My name is Lake Suck and this is my manifesto. I swear to be myself. To think for myself. I will not be led by social conventions. I will make my own way through the world. I will live on my own terms without conforming to society's expectations of who they think I should be, I will be the visible… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share
I smile a lot. I heard someone say once that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, so i'm trying it out. — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
“It was nice to see a Human smile. So many things looked like smiles but weren't. Sometimes, to feel genuine kindness, I would stare… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
