Sofia

“I feel a sharp flicker of resentment at the world unfolding for you in ways it could not for me but I swallow it.”
― Milk Teeth

“Mary never committed a sin in her whole life," my teacher said. "And that's why she was chosen to be the mother of God." I held my breath and tried to count all of the sins I had already committed. I would never be chosen and I had barely even begun.”
― Milk Teeth

“carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“Do you think it's true what they say - that parents of only children don't get on very well?" she asked.
I mulled over the idea. But I couldn't work out its cause and effect.
"Where did you hear that?" I asked.
"Somebody said that to me. A long time ago. Parents who don't get on very well end up having only one child. It made me so sad when I heard that.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun