Ananya

“In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, hear beauty is gone. Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“Ead knew the scent of a secret. She wore it like a perfume.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Her heart was a river that carried her to the sea.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I am tired of everyone keeping their secrets so well that they get other people killed. We are all involved in your game, and it seems we are not as easily repaired as teacups.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus