“I didn't have to stand here in the darkling arms. I could vanish from his grip, slide back into consciousness and the safety of a stone room hidden in the mountaintop. But I didn't want to go. Despite, everything, I wanted this whispered confidence.
"Yes." I breathed.”
― Ruin and Rising
"Yes." I breathed.”
― Ruin and Rising
“They do make love stories for girls with black hearts after all. They go like this.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“There’s always been something inside her that men have wanted to dominate, and their desire for domination can look so much like attraction, even love.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“And you used to make art and like boys and talk to horses and pull the moon through the window for my birthday present.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting?”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
Genevieve’s 2025 Year in Books
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