Anna Solomon > Quotes

“Lillian had come to the realization that gifts were mostly for the people who gave them.”
― Anna Solomon, Leaving Lucy Pear

“The more people she knew, the more she liked being alone. What she liked, she realized, was to know there were people out there, available, should she want to see someone. This was solace enough—often it was better, it turned out, than actually being with people—and usually she chose to remain alone.”
― Anna Solomon, The Book of V.

“She didn’t know then—she didn’t know yet—that pleasure was its own necessity, as grimly serious as mourning.”
― Anna Solomon, The Little Bride: A Novel

“There were things you wanted only because they would mean that you were wanted.”
― Anna Solomon, The Little Bride: A Novel

“But knowing the opposite of a thing often seemed to Minna to be the same as knowing a thing itself. Hunger, after all, was made of food, and thirst of water.”
― Anna Solomon, The Little Bride: A Novel

“And in his shrug was everything she loathed, and desired, his fineness, his control, his beauty, his disregard.”
― Anna Solomon, The Little Bride: A Novel

“Weak people made you see yourself in them.”
― Anna Solomon, The Little Bride: A Novel

“No strand was long enough on its own but together they added up. Thank you.”
― Anna Solomon, The Book of V.

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― Anna Solomon, The Book of V.