She knows the girl feels hurt by Yolanda’s closeness to her brother, but the fact is that Amadeo, for all his malefactions, has been easier for Yolanda to mother, his needs so much clearer.
“The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.”
― The Red Tent
― The Red Tent
“I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. ”
― First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
― First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
“Besides, the angels lived in heaven forever and that was a long time, so I imagined things got boring up there after a while. It was scary to think about living forever with nothing to do ”
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“The city was waking up to another day. I hadn't slept or changed my clothes in six days. ”
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