“There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess
“Strange: how when a light is extinguished, it's immediately as if it has never been. Darkness fills in again, complete.”
― We Were the Mulvaneys
― We Were the Mulvaneys
“I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real life to start. Already, I pitied that old man.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
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