Claire

“Suryaz and Deme would each need a talisman, an object that smelt lovely, or that felt kind to the hand; such things are little suitcases to put sad feelings in so that they can go away by themselves.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching

“Beyond the dailiness, there had been moments of shimmering beauty and some glory, too, even in this ajumma's life. Even if no one knew, it was true.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“What was “Cinderella,” if not an allegory for the fundamental unhappiness of shoe shopping?”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“I couldn't imagine viewing Bill's presence on Earth as any kind of a miracle, but wasn't that itself the miracle—that love really was an obscure and unfathomable connection between individuals, and not an economic contest where everyone was matched up according to how quantifiably lovable they were?”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot