

“Don’t glorify the events of your life and try to give them meaning. There is no meaning. Life means nothing. Death means nothing. But she didn’t always think that way.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens

“Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger

“After all, everyone’s entitled to be the hero of their own story. So I must be permitted to be the hero of mine. Even though I’m not. I’m the villain.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens

“Reading about life was no preparation for living it.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens

“Love isn’t conditional,” Ruth said. “It’s not dependent on jumping through hoops to please someone—and always failing. You can’t love someone if you’re afraid of them, Mariana. I know it’s hard to hear. It’s a kind of blindness—but unless you wake up and see clearly, it will persist throughout your whole life, affecting how you see yourself, and others too.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens
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