Lina

“My stomach churned and my eyes became wet. A dad coming to pick up his little princess and hugging her as if he had found gold. What a kind, sweet gesture, yet simple and free. A gesture I had never had.”
― Juliana Haygert, The Fire Heart Chronicles: The Complete Series

“We’re not used to stealing things, I suppose.” Almost apologetically, I grinned back at her. “You’d never survive in the Soviet Union then. Everyone steals everything here. That’s just how things work. Factories have quotas for stealing.”
― Ellie Midwood, No Woman's Land

“I've counseled kids who have kept going back in hopes that their father or mother will finally love them. It's very sad, because usually, it's an impossible dream.”
― Susan Lund, The Girl Who Ran Away

“With the aid of a mid-morning Twix, I attempted to coax my brain into thinking about the report I’m supposed to be putting together for Janice. It has the working title of “Re-solutioning the Brand: from Customer Dissension to Retention”. I have yet to start it, mainly for the reason that I don’t really know what it means.”
― Brian Bilston, Diary of a Somebody