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“When he was around, the world seemed safe, the kind of place that was worth everything, all the little disappointments and injustices and chips at my pride. The kind of place that could be beautiful if we really tried”
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
“... and by that point the three of them were visibly trying not to laugh, and the kettle was boiling in the kitchen, the air warm with steam, and the dusky, roseate light was shifting through the translucent curtains, and everything was ordinary, familiar, serene, and everyone I loved was in the room with me.”
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
“Isn’t one of those Labors going down to hell?”
“There and back,” said Lieutenant Colonel Hupfer. “As I indicated to Ms. de la Peña, it’s a tough world, Beal.”
He leaned down over me and whispered, so quietly that no one else could hear, “But I think you already know that.”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
“There and back,” said Lieutenant Colonel Hupfer. “As I indicated to Ms. de la Peña, it’s a tough world, Beal.”
He leaned down over me and whispered, so quietly that no one else could hear, “But I think you already know that.”
― The Labors of Hercules Beal
“I’ve never known how to witness dusk without feeling a dull sense of grief: another day gone, another day lost where I’m still the same.”
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
― I Am Not Jessica Chen
“This is the way you hold on. This is the way you dig your fingernails in.
If you'd known to do this before, you would've helped your mom wash the dishes. You would've put down the book. You would've told your dad the papers could wait.
You would've held Aiko as she cried.”
― We Are Not Free
If you'd known to do this before, you would've helped your mom wash the dishes. You would've put down the book. You would've told your dad the papers could wait.
You would've held Aiko as she cried.”
― We Are Not Free
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