“This is what happened when one left one's home - pieces of oneself scattered all over the world, no one place ever completely satisfied, always a nostalgia for the place left behind. Pieces of her in Vietnam, some in this place of bone. She brought the letter to her nose. The smell of Vietnam: a mix of jungle and wetness and spices and rot. A smell she hadn't realized she missed.”
― The Lotus Eaters
― The Lotus Eaters
“A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.”
― Wall and Piece
― Wall and Piece
Charlotte’s 2025 Year in Books
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