“Some lives are all too brief, while others are a continual struggle. I couldn’t help thinking that it was a brutal assessment of people’s lives to employ usefulness to society as a yardstick by which to measure their value.”
― Sweet Bean Paste
― Sweet Bean Paste
“It’s my belief that everything in this world has its own language. We have the ability to open up our ears and minds to anything and everything. That could be someone walking down the street, or it could be the sunshine or the wind.”
― Sweet Bean Paste
― Sweet Bean Paste
“Our clever bargains for shinier hair or prettier feet are just another line item on our wifely résumés, proving that we are good girls. Rose Bargains, they’re called. Bargains to make us beautiful, fragile, sweet—perfect English roses.”
― The Rose Bargain
― The Rose Bargain
“You're one of those who has to tune the world out and focus on one thing at a time. We have a word for that down here, women like you. Insiwa. Inside one. It means you live inside your head and to step out of it hurts like a caning.”
― An Unkindness of Ghosts
― An Unkindness of Ghosts
“at that moment Aster knew gods weren’t real, because if they were, they’d end this now. All of humankind. A snap of the fingers.”
― An Unkindness of Ghosts
― An Unkindness of Ghosts
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