Ninja

“No one outside of our family unit would ever guess that away from prying eyes, we were systematically tearing ourselves apart. Away from the outside world, everyone in our family started to fall to pieces, and never really recovered. Even though our times together are always fun and laughter-filled, the closeness we once shared is gone. In its place is guilt, regret, the ability to say the nastiest things and, for the longest minute on earth, mean every word of them”
― Dorothy Koomson, The Ice Cream Girls

“But" doesn't make an apology, it makes an excuse of your behaviour”
― Dorothy Koomson

“A women who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people's evaluations.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“The thing I am most afraid of is love. When you say you love someone you are giving them license to hurt you.”
― Dorothy Koomson, The Rose Petal Beach