“It is amazing how much you can learn when you keep your mouth shut.” — Francesca Zappia Education Copy Share Image
“It is amazing how much you can learn when you keep your mouth shut" -Eliza” — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“The things you care most about are the ones that leave the biggest holes.” — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“Truth is the worst monster, because it never really goes away.” — Francesca Zappia Monster Copy Share Image
“My body gets excited without my permission, and it's not okay. It's out of control. I don't like out of control, but… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?' 'Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you… — Francesca Zappia First day of school Copy Share Image
“Made you breakfast. Are you feeling okay? You look a little gray.” I grunt. Morning is the devil’s time.” — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“I've always wondered what it would be like to be the person whose color comes through even when standing still.” — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“Monstrous Sea is mine. I made it, not the other way around. It's not a parasite, or an obligation, or a destiny.… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“We create art for many reasons—wealth, fame, love, admiration—but I find the one thing that produces the best results is desire.” — Francesca Zappia Art Copy Share Image
“I know it sounds weird. Sorry. I don’t think it’ll go well if I know it’s coming. I will definitely freak out… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“I’m doing it again—I’m shutting everything out because I’m frustrated and tired and because the real world is difficult and I’d rather… — Francesca Zappia Frustrated Copy Share Image
“ It's not that I think I'm ugly, I just don't think about what I look like. I don't live out there.… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“It's a strange feeling to like someone so much and yet be terrified to have them in your space, touching you. It… — Francesca Zappia Crush Copy Share Image
“Blank pages are supposed to be an invitation. A challenge, even. Here is your canvas—how creative can you be? What limits can… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“Oct 27 2016 Definitely another MS fan at this school. Pros: Awesome; Not alone; Pretty girl. Cons: Pretty girl. #Fuuuuuuuuck Oct 28… — Francesca Zappia Pretty girl Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be the girl who freezes when confronted with new friends, or the outside world, or the smallest shred… — Francesca Zappia Intimacy Copy Share Image
“I'm so tired. I'm tired of anxiety that twists my stomach so hard I can't move the rest of my body. Tired… — Francesca Zappia Anxiety Copy Share Image
“MirkerLurker: What’s wrong with the name Wallace? Apocalypse_Cow: it’s, uh. emmersmacks: Its silly as hell MirkerLurker: Wallace isn’t a silly name! Apocalypse_Cow:… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“...so I turn my face to the empty space beside me whenever I need to breath. I learned years ago that it's… — Francesca Zappia Breath Copy Share Image
“The story is at once very easy and very hard to explain. I’ve never tried to do it in person, but I… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“Apocalypse_Cow: look, e. lemme give you some advice. emmersmacks: Yes emmersmacks: Advice from the guy who keeps calling his girlfriend a model… — Francesca Zappia Save yourself Copy Share Image
“...the characters themselves. The struggles they have to go through, and when you really love them, how much they affect you. When… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“So many times I looked at Wellhouse Turn and thought it might be nice to fly. And here it was, right when… — Francesca Zappia Easy way Copy Share Image
“If you want the motivation back, you must feed it Feed it everything. Books, television, movies, paintings, stage plays, real-life experience. Sometimes… — Francesca Zappia Books Copy Share Image
“Of course they’re going to make fun of you. They’re middle-school boys raised in a highly competitive, testosterone-fueled environment. That’s how they psych each… — Francesca Zappia Play football Copy Share Image
“A text comes from Wallace. An actual text too, not a message through the forum app. I gave him my number awhile… — Francesca Zappia Cute couples Copy Share Image
“Of course, there are crude messages. Vile ones. Ones that don’t seem like they cam from a real human being at all,… — Francesca Zappia Computers Copy Share Image
“Like life, what gives a story its meaning is the fact that it ends. Our stories have lives of their own—and it’s… — Francesca Zappia Life Copy Share Image
“I’m not saying you can’t do writing, just do some writing that you can build a career on. Creative writing isn’t going… — Francesca Zappia Creative writing Copy Share Image
“Maybe that’s normal. The things you care most about are the ones that leave the biggest holes.” — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“People are too much sometimes. Friends, acquaintances, enemies, strangers. It doesn’t matter; they all crowd.” — Francesca Zappia Acquaintances Copy Share Image
“That's what I like about the internet-that it gives you time to think about what you want to say before you say… — Francesca Zappia Internet Copy Share Image
“Wallace: What's the point of being alive if you don't do what makes you happy? What good is a career that makes… — Francesca Zappia Career Copy Share Image
“Eliza, your worth as a person is not dependent on the art you create or what other people think of it" -Dr.” — Francesca Zappia Art Copy Share Image
“If I like a book, I devour it in one sitting, and then I forget a lot. It's fine with me, because… — Francesca Zappia Book Copy Share Image
“That computer is my rabbit hole; the internet is my wonderland. I am only allowed to fall into it when it doesn’t… — Francesca Zappia Computers Copy Share Image
“Was everything made up? Was this whole world inside my head? If I ever woke up from it, would I be inside… — Francesca Zappia Whole world Copy Share Image
“I am Eliza Mirk, daughter and sister and friend. I am Eliza Mirk, mother of a fandom. I am Eliza Mirk.” — Francesca Zappia Children Copy Share Image
“If you know what you’re meant to do, if you know what you love, why not do that? Find a way to… — Francesca Zappia Money Copy Share Image