" When she turned on the light switch, she found dozens of crushed millipedes in between her toes."

"She traced the roots growing out of it, each one making its own intricate home into her skin and all the way through her wings."

"if i keep my gift all wrapped up,
i won’t ever have to discover the empty box inside"

INT.  DRESSING ROOM - NIGHT

From behind, we see ARIANNE staring at herself at a vanity.

"He liked to sketch constellations out of the freckles on her cheeks"

"By the 18th day of rain, I knew God had abandoned us. To step outside was to step into infinite curtains of gray."

"The planks of the floor surely should’ve creaked under the weight of Curtis's stench now, but it hadn’t, and for the first time in 23 goddamn years, Jamie was alone."