Lesa Parnham

“For the first time since I submitted the manuscript, I feel a deep wash of shame. This isn’t my history, my heritage. This isn’t my community. I am an outsider, basking in their love under false pretenses. It should be Athena sitting here, smiling with these people, signing books and listening to the stories of her elders.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“It’s amazing how a wound so small can refuse to heal and inflict so much discomfort.”
― Alice Feeney, Good Bad Girl

“though. In my absolute worst moments, the thing I kept coming back to again and again was that I knew Dean hadn’t left us because, honestly, he would have taken the dog.”
― Jane Harper, Exiles