Emily

“Some things you’re not meant to be saved from,” Nia says. “Some things have to be lessons.”
― Jessica George, Maame

“And this is the truth of any game—it can only exist at the moment that it is being played. It’s the same with being an actor. In the end, all we can ever know is the game that was played, in the only world that we know.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“And I’m not afraid to be alone, but I’m tired of being the one left behind.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel