Raquel

“No”
― Amity Gaige, Heartwood

“I was too long in the dark. And I am sorry for that, too. For I dragged you in with me.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“That’s what people never understood—that the reason Ethan didn’t talk about his old life wasn’t because he was private. It was because his old life didn’t even feel like his. “I would miss it if I were still that guy, but that was someone else’s life. I don’t . . . I can’t . .”
― Ally Carter, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

“We have a saying in Vietnamese, ‘Xin chia buồn.’ We say it when we want to express our condolences. It means I want to share the sadness with you. I’ll carry some of it.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue