Varshini

“Everyone deserved to love and be loved back. Everyone.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“I only want you to be yourself with me.” “I am.” Wasn’t he? He certainly wasn’t pretending to be someone else, but if he looked at things objectively, that was what the people around him usually wanted—for him to act differently, more appropriate, more intuitive, more considerate, less eccentric, less . . . himself. Did she really not mind him as he was?”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“How did you change your life when you were trapped like this? Her history didn't define her. Her origins didn't define her. At least, they shouldn't. She could be more, if she had a chance.”
― Helen Hoang, The Bride Test

“Jane smiled sadly. “You know we came from stardust—so it’s entirely expected that we would return to the stars when we die.”
― Janie Marie, Gods & Monsters