“I wish that one day someone will love me. Someone will look me in the eyes without fear or pity. Someone will take away the loneliness etched in my heart so that I will know what it’s like to be loved. So I can laugh without tasting the bitterness on my tongue once the sound fades.”
― Her Radiant Curse
― Her Radiant Curse
“Find the light that makes your lantern shine. Hold on to it, even when the dark surrounds you. Not even the strongest wind will blow out the flame.”
― Her Radiant Curse
― Her Radiant Curse
“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“That’s what sisters are for. My joys are your joys and your miseries are my miseries.”
― Her Radiant Curse
― Her Radiant Curse
“armies of immigrants. You see them up and down all those streets—they’re the gardeners, the housekeepers, the construction workers, they’re doing all the work nobody else wants to do. So why make it so hard for them to come here and do it? It’s such a tragic farce.”
― Lies & Weddings
― Lies & Weddings
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