Sonya

“I find myself wondering what it even means for me to die if I don't remember anything and nobody knows who I was.”
― Sanaka Hiiragi, The Lantern of Lost Memories

“Overhead aeroplanes flew for days, their passengers fleeing the country’s independence. Already, in the capital, the president-elect had ordered a statue and a fountain, was drawing up plans for his new home. While down below, in the rubble, people were scrabbling as they had always done.”
― Karen Jennings, An Island

“He will say less than he means, and conceal more than he reveals.”
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

“She was not the only one with that sentiment. Independence had not brought the things that had been promised. In fact, many people complained that they had less now than before.”
― Karen Jennings, An Island