Sophia

“Blink, and the years fall away like leaves.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“You know what your problem is?" a director had told her once. "You consider yourself your most fascinating subject." She'd always thought everyone felt like a lead character onstage, surrounded by sidekicks and villains and love interests. She still couldn't tell which bit role Jude was playing in her life, but she wasn't even registering in Jude's.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“At night, Desiree held her daughter and told her stories about her own childhood. At first she said, I have a sister named Stella, then, you have an aunt, then, once upon a time, a girl named Stella lived here.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“Desiree saw patterns that most people couldn't. She could read a person's life off his fingertips. During training, she'd practice reading her own fingertips, those intricate designs that marked her as unique. Stella had a scar on her left index finger from when she'd cut herself with a knife, one of the many ways that their fingerprints were different.

Sometimes, who you were came down to the small things.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half