Leggeremale

“Il suo corpo e la sua mente la tradivano di continuo, con ferocia, senza che lei potesse controllarli. A volte le sembrava che dentro di lei ci fosse un'altra Deva che cospirava nel buio, che le faceva del male per il solo gusto di sentirsi Potente. Che lavorava per farla sentire al sicuro, in modo che la disperazione poi colpisse più forte.”
― Chiara Cecilia Santamaria, Le Cinque Rive

“But when it became an addiction, I knew I had to stop. I recognized the signs once I started craving the pain, the rush of endorfins that broke through the all-consuming numbness I felt. And I knew it wasn't healthy, knew I wouldn't be able to help anyone else if I didn't first help myself.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“In chinese, Tien Fu means Heavenly Blessing, like a godsend. Ironically, this new given name that the highbinder had brutally forced Tai Choi to take almost fell like a gracious gift, a congenial compliment.”
― Heather B. Moore, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Adapted for Young Readers

“She wouldn't want to go back to being owned by any himan being. She was not a thing. She was not propriety. No one was”
― Heather B. Moore, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Adapted for Young Readers