“Motherhood doesn’t suit me, she once confessed to Budur, drunk. I don’t have the stomach for not knowing what comes next.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
“Salma had begun to recognize that the world was no longer made for certain types of women. There was a need for spine and even anger.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
“Punch me, he wants to yell at Mustafa. Tell me to fuck off, hit me in the face. Pick up that goddamn suitcase, walk down the driveway. I would’ve followed you. I would’ve followed you. Take me with you. You can save yourself. We can both live.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
“Parallel lives, she sometimes thinks. It was a matter of parallel lives, one person having lamb for supper, the other cucumbers. With fate deciding, at random, which was which.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
“But if you have to go, then go. Go if it hurts. Go if it's time. Just go knowing you were loved, that I will never forget you, that you will live in everything Connor and I do. Go knowing I love you purely, Harry, that you were an amazing father. Go knowing I told you all my secrets. Because you were my best friend.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
LAsh’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at LAsh’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Polls voted on by LAsh
Lists liked by LAsh



























