Sade

“If a soul could leave the body, she thought, this is the sound it would make: like the screech of a nail being pulled from old wood.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“Where do we follow the rules, and where do we justify breaking them? Do our pasts determine what we deserve in the future? And is it ever possible to leave your past behind?”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“It was like training yourself to live on the smell of an apple alone, when what you really wanted was to devour it, to sink your teeth into it and consume it, seeds, core, and all.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“The photos stirred feelings she couldn't quite frame in words, and this, she decided, must mean they were true works of art.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere