#gemma

No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them as they’d like to be seen. Hollow vessels of girls to be rinsed of our own ambitions, wants, and opinions, just waiting to be filled with the cool, tepid water of gracious compliance. A fissure forms in the vessel. I’m cracking open. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #girl #mirage #society #beauty

Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills. ↗

— Libba Bray

#boarding-schools #gemma-doyle #humor #libba-bray #beauty

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible. ↗

— Libba Bray

#libba-bray #funny

You remember the word we said when we pressed our hands together, right?" I nodded. Forem. But what does it mean?" "Forever,” he said his breath shaky. "It means we're bonded together forever. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#alex

I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy ↗

— Libba Bray

#hockey #humor #life #humor