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“I'm still shy," I admit, pulling the sleeves over my hands, "and I might always be, I don't know, but I think you can be shy and still feel okay about yourself at the same time.”
― Megan Jacobson, Yellow

“Do not define me by my gender or my socio-economic status, Noah Willis. Do not tell me who I am and do not tell me who society thinks I am and then put me in that box and expect me to stay there. Because, I swear to God, I will climb the hell out of that box and I will take that box you've just put me in and I will use that box to smash your face in until you're nothing more than a freckly, bloodied pulp. You got that, sweet cheeks?”
― Megan Jacobson, Yellow

“Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good that tells you who they really are.”
― Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season

“the most important things can't be lassoed with language. The most important things can only be felt.”
― Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season

“love, real love, comes with three conditions - respect, kindness and trust. It isn't, and should never be, unconditional.”
― Megan Jacobson, The Build-up Season

“If I fuck you, you’ll think all your prayers have been answered. I’ll make you see god, Middleton. I’ll make you think I am god.”
― Eve Dangerfield, Degrees of Control

“If I fuck you, you’ll think all your prayers have been answered. I’ll make you see god, Middleton. I’ll make you think I am god.â€�

Ty Henderson - Act Your Age”
― Eve Dangerfield

“If you die, I will knock down the gates of heaven to find you because you belong in the darkness...with me.”
― C.B. Frey, The Casella King

“Liberty was the only small cat in the circus.
Walking across the stage on her hind legs, ears back, head held high; she would let the children shake her paw and stroke her lovely orange fur.”
― Desiree Milonas-King, Liberty the Circus Cat

“She would even ride a scooter. and toot its horn. Everyone knew when Liberty was on the stage.”
― Desiree Milonas-King, Liberty the Circus Cat

“There was a tiger in the circus too.
Her name was Tiger Princess.. Her act in the circus would be to balance on two boards, then leap over to a pool and have a swim. Princess loved to swim and splash.”
― Desiree Milonas-King, Liberty the Circus Cat

“I knew I could get help and, more importantly, get better. Because suddenly I wasn’t bad, it was bad. It was no longer me, it was something else. I wasn’t schizophrenic, or psychotic, or any of the other things I thought I was. I had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. In that unforgettable moment, I took back some of my power â€� chunks of it flooding into my psyche, called in from afar, returning home to me.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“At the Chinese restaurant, I stared out the window overlooking a tranquil garden with water features, ponds covered in lily pads, and koi fish. Amid the serenity and smell of dumplings, I struggled to breathe. It seemed the walls were closing in, and everyone was looking at me. Words danced around on the menu. I didn’t want the waiter near us. I wanted to shrink until I popped and disappeared.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“In only a few months, I acquired an arsenal of weapons to help me combat my OCD. I became a strong opponent against the enemy. Some days, I was still left bruised and bloodied on the battlefield. But other times, I was victorious, guns blazing, blowing heads off, brains splattered across the sky.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“The village was kissed by a kaleidoscope of colour â€� on the facades of restaurants, hostels and hotels, boutiques and bars. Fresh seafood was the star of every menu, of course, with the lobsters basically walking up the sand and straight onto the plate. But for me, the star of Caye Caulker wouldn’t be the sun or the sea, it would be him.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir

“I was awestruck by Rio â€� the way the ocean, city and emerald mountains merged into each other and held hands.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir