Beth

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“I cannot help but know it. Against all sense, I believe. Somewhere, beyond the ragged edge of night, light bleeds into this world.”
― Olivia Hawker, The Ragged Edge of Night

“Now and again when a book moved her, when a book opened a previously undiscovered window in her mind and forever altered her perception of the world, she would add it to those secret ranks.”
― Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt

“He who gets behind in a race must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys