“I am writing because they told me to never start a sentence with because. But I wasn't trying to make a sentence—I was trying to break free. Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“She is not yet where she needs to be, in the forest, alone, with the trees over her head. She is not alone.”
― Hamnet
― Hamnet
“Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope.”
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
― The Beekeeper of Aleppo
“True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life”
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“Shuggie heard the nurse say to a male attendant that she thought for sure Agnes was a working girl. “She is not,” said Shuggie, quite proudly. “My mother has never worked a day in her life. She’s far too good-looking for that.” The matted mink coat gave her an air of superiority, and her black strappy heels clacked out a slurred beat on the long marble hallway.”
― Shuggie Bain
― Shuggie Bain
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