Heidi

“It appeared that way, Lawrence, but this raised the question of was mathematics really true or was it just a game played with symbols? In other words—are we discovering Truth, or just wanking?”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

“Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life”
― Lynette Gould, Heart of Darkness: How I Triumphed Over a Childhood of Abuse

“Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you're thinking but because you're feeling. Because you're feeling too much. And you can't always control the things you do when you're feeling too much.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you”
― Ellen Hopkins, Identical