(Straight people may have a difficult time understanding this desire to say our name because they have never been forced into deception.)
“The thought of light traveling billions of years from distant galaxies only to be washed out in the last billionth of a second by the glow from the nearest strip mall depresses me no end,”
― An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
― An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
“Even if I was “traumatized,” what would be the point of having survived it only to have to pay someone else to complain to about it, rather than turn it into something positive?”
― While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America
― While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America
“Ask me again. Please.” Helena shook her head indulgently, but her voice was sad when she asked. “What do you call Audrey, Neve?” Neve closed her eyes and murmured the truth. “My everything.”
― A Whisper of Solace
― A Whisper of Solace
“The shame cloud had never given way to the sunshine of self-forgiveness. So what was one more layer of smoke?”
― Gone to See the River Man
― Gone to See the River Man
“What a strange girl you are.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Flung out of space,’ Carol said.”
― Carol
― Carol
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