Val

“I just knew if I could be perfect, I’d somehow be more deserving of . . . love.”
― Mary Ellen Taylor, The Union Street Bakery

“But despite their many challenges, the two had never let go of each other’s hands, looking ahead without giving up, to overcome everything. Just how much emotional and physical strength had been asked of them? Hazuki knew very well.”
― Akumi Agitogi, My Happy Marriage (Light Novel), Vol. 7

“Everything I bring into my home has to pass a test: Is it beautiful or interesting?”
― Charlene Wang, I'll Follow You

“Women in the public eye had to reinvent themselves—over and over. They had to have a blond era and a brunette one, a good-girl origin story and a slutty phase and a redemption arc, all before they hit the age of thirty.”
― Charlene Wang, I'll Follow You