megumi

“You are a reminder of everything she’s losin’. All mothers are envious of their daughters to a certain degree because the daughters are at the beginnin’ of youth while the mothers are losin’ theirs. It’s only natural to feel jealous. That’s all your mother is doin’. Rearin’ her jealous head because as you grow more beautiful, she fears losin’ her own loveliness. If you know your own magnificence, there goes her power. Her tellin’ you you’re no beauty is her bein’ a woman before bein’ a mother.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

“Her voice like a bright, clear window of sky. Her face a field of freckles. He thinks: I don't want to let you go.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See