Catherynne Valente

But Dess wasn’t shining. He was just a dumb tart in someone else’s frock staring down failure like you could ever make failure blink. Failure was here before you and she’ll be here after you and she won’t even notice you go

Only the uncool have the requisite alone time to advance their species.

Like everything else, it was a gift. From him to her. The world flows in that direction. Him to her. A river of forever.