“Destierro is to have your home negated, to be ripped from the place where you belong, to be uprooted from your land.”
― House of Bone and Rain
― House of Bone and Rain
“But if God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, if He is three in one in the Trinity, then God knows nothing of loneliness. God knows nothing of standing with his back to a gray morning, of dropping to his knees in the dust.”
― The Hacienda
― The Hacienda
“It was a sin, and I knew it, and suddenly I realized that I didn't care. For if sin was all I had standing between myself and the darkness, I would take it.”
― The Hacienda
― The Hacienda
“It is always interesting to see how often women are described as ravenous when it is the men who, without exception, take without thought of compensation.”
― The Salt Grows Heavy
― The Salt Grows Heavy
“I loved him very much—more than I could trust myself to say—more than words had power to express.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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