Nevena

“You know as well as I do that the closer we draw to Him… the stronger our faith… then the more we can see how far we are from His perfection. It’s like we’re standing closer to the mirror. It doesn’t mean we’ve gotten worse, it just means we’re seeing ourselves the way we really are. But that’s not the way He will leave us. When we reach the place He’s taking us — that perfect place — we’ll be as perfect as Heaven is.”
― D.I. Hennessey, A Mission Rarely Given

“Everything that has ever been could have been prevented, and none of it was. The only thing you can mend is the future.”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

“Life is a series of slamming doors. We make irrevocable decisions every day. A twelve-second delay, a slip of the tongue, and suddenly your life is on a new road.”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

“In principle, all women should give themselves permission to demand good treatment, but the world made doing so profoundly difficult”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder