I wondered what would happen if she went to sleep right here, in the gravel at our feet, if she’d ever wake again. Maybe only one of us was dreaming, and the one who got to wake up would see the truth come morning.
— Nova Ren Suma (Imaginary Girls)
The story you choose to tell isn’t always the story you believe.
— Nova Ren Suma (Imaginary Girls)
Ruby said I’d never drown—not in deep ocean, not by shipwreck, not even by falling drunk into someone’s bottomless backyard pool.
— Nova Ren Suma (Imaginary Girls)
Ruby said I’d never drown- not in deep ocean, not by shipwreck, not even by falling drunk into someone’s bottomless backyard pool. She said she’d seen me hold my breath underwater for minutes at a time, but to hear her tell it you’d think she meant days. Long enough to live down there if needed, to skim the seafloor collecting shells and shiny soda caps, looking up every so often for the rescue lights, even if they took forever to come.
— Nova Ren Suma (Imaginary Girls)
