Claire

“These are universals, as is the fear women feel during times of political upheaval that occur in what could still be called the outside world of men--whether during the Taiping Rebellion so many years ago or today for women in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Sudan, or even right here in this country in the post-9/11 era. On the surface, we as American women are independent, free, and mobile, but at our cores we still long for love, friendship, happiness, tranquility, and to be heard.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“I have a whole life to tell; I have nothing left to lose and few to offend.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“But yes,” he said wearily. “As I could, I loved you. Now will you go? Live.” “I, too,” she said. “In a childish way, as girls love heroes that come in the night, I loved you.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“Of all the ways to die, only a fool chooses pride.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light