Ted

“Her sadness had changed her into another woman altogether; it had wearied her and it had also blossomed her.”
― Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

“Someday you'll find someone who's the total package. Right now you're sowing your oats, and that's not a bad thing. Life is a process of awakening by degrees, in depth and in scope. At its most profound moments, you experience wholeness.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“I wish I could fall in love with a man, but there are too many beautiful women.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“No one will ever know about your tragedy, and the world eluded its responsibility ages ago.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile