Yet it struck me that being a woman was akin to a performance, with its cues and lines that had to be learned.
“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
“Wicked are the ways of women—and especially a witch. Their guile knows no bounds.”
― Serpent & Dove
― Serpent & Dove
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― The Giver
― The Giver
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