Aisling

“But I'm learning the bitter difference between independence and self-exile.”
― Margaret Owen, Little Thieves

“And this is the story of how I am caught.”
― Margaret Owen, Little Thieves

“Some part of me has always looked for how I brought these things on myself. (...) And if I could figure out where I went wrong, they wouldn't call me stupid or throw things or strike me.

There had to be a reason for it. That made it something I could control. Something I could hope to stop.

It's the worst kind of relief for someone to say it was never in my control.”
― Margaret Owen, Little Thieves

“I can't say if you're a good person or not. But the more I know of you, the more I understand that the world keeps making you choose between survival and martyrdom. No one should fault you for wanting to live.”
― Margaret Owen, Little Thieves