Nikita

“Many people live and die without ever confronting themselves in the darkness.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties

“Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being.
No one was shallow. Not really.”
― Mary Balogh, A Secret Affair

“Not all of us can deal with the illumination that comes with justice.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties

“You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey