Kat Becker

“That was the thrill of youth, the idea that you could be anyone. That was what had captured her in the charm shop, all those years ago. Then adulthood came, your choices solidifying, and you realize that everything you are had been set in motion years before. The rest was aftermath.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“That was the problem: you could never love two people the exact same way.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“The problem, as I see it, is that you've been told and not told. You've been told, but none of you really understand, and I dare say, some people are quite happy to leave it that way.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“There were many ways to be alienated from someone, few to actually belong.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half