“In this age of decadence that we live in, people's minds are twisted and only words are loved but not preactial deeds.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“She remembered Chiyo telling her that finding one's match was like finding one's other half. Mariko had never understood the notion.
She was not a half. She was wholly her own.”
― Flame in the Mist
She was not a half. She was wholly her own.”
― Flame in the Mist
“There I was, clinging to the scraps of happiness that I could finally feel again: coffee and books and an afternoon with my best friend. What right did I have, when he was gone?”
― The Start of Me and You
― The Start of Me and You
“Never mind that it was not what she wanted. Never mind that there was so much left to see and learn and do. She’d been raised for a purpose. A foolish one at that - to be the wife of an important man when she could easily have been something else. Something more.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
“There is such strength in being a woman. But it is a strength you must choose for yourself. No one can choose it for you. We can bend the wind to our ear if we would only try.”
― Flame in the Mist
― Flame in the Mist
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