Alena

“No one would look at the seams that held me together and guess that they were scars.”
― Sarah Gailey, The Echo Wife

“You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”
― Nikki Erlick, The Measure

“there are words that cover up the world.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“I also learned, from a young age, that I did not walk on the ground—but on a narrow network of invisible ropes, suspended above the earth. I had to navigate them carefully, trying not to slip or fall. Certain aspects of my personality were offensive, it seemed. I had terrible secrets to hide—even I didn’t know what they were. My”
― Alex Michaelides, The Maidens