On anxiety
"I would think, the horrible days in my life, they have yet to come. Both of my parents are still alive. So is my sister. . . . But they're family. They're the only people I could turn to. And their deaths are still waiting for me, just up ahead, and I know, whatever pain I'm feeling right now, it's small compared to the pain that's still to come." Her eyes filled with tears, and the tears spilled over, shiny like crystal drops. "This is how I always think. This is how I live my life. It's not a very enjoyable life. I make up my own monsters."
—Eliza Victoria, "Wounded Little Gods" (chapter 7)