Haley

“Anyone questioning whether god exists need only consider the brevity of a dog’s life span. If there was a god, let alone a benevolent one, dogs would have life spans similar to parrots.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“Adina hasn't expirienced romantic love like the ones portrayed in movies, or a more realistic love like the ones portrayed in more realistic movies. But to love a mother who grew alongside her. A friend when she left the Earth. To love a dog. To love vocation. To love humans, even those she didn't know. These loves were transcendent. They changed her.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“When someone dies, where does the way they eat egg rolls go?”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland