Annie

“I swallowed, trying to focus on the cat on my laptop screen. The kitty was cute, and really good at snowboarding. He deserved my full attention.”
― Jenna Levine, My Roommate Is a Vampire

“Who is it?” “It’s Ansel.” With a grumbled curse, she hopped down. I beat her to the door and pulled it open. “What is it?” Lou glared at him. “I like you, Ansel, but this had better be something good. Emilie and Alexandre just had a moment, and I swear if they don’t kiss soon, I will literally die.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“A woman is a woman whether born in the dirt or on silk.”
― Lisa See, Lady Tan's Circle of Women

“The empress—the most important woman in the world—is confined to the Great Within. Women like those who live in the Garden of Fragrant Delights and the Mansion of Golden Light may be among the most elite in China, but we’re also the most constrained, having lived our entire lives in the inner chambers in first our parents’ homes, then our husbands’. Concubines and servants get glimpses of the outside world, but they are bought and sold. Common women—those married to farmers, butchers, and shopkeepers, those who labor in silk factories or sort tea leaves, and those who fall under the category of the Three Aunties and Six Grannies—may work in the outside world of men, but they can’t avoid the hardships that come as a result.”
― Lisa See, Lady Tan's Circle of Women