Lorraine

“To Stella, leaving Mallard seemed as fantastical as flying to China.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“For Pearl and her mother to have had to share a room – Moody almost could not believe that people could be so poor.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“And yet, if Alphonse Decuir could have strolled through the town he’d once imagined, he would have been thrilled by the sight of his great- great- great- granddaughters. Twin girls, creamy skin, hazel eyes, wavy hair. He would have marveled at them. For the child to be a little more perfect than the parents. What could be more wonderful than that?”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“The trauma she had endured often manifested itself as quiet tears once she was locked in her room, staring at her graveyard of photos.”
― Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black