Lizz

“It made me grow up when I should have had more time. It made my dad overlook me when I was a child, my mum leave me behind, and my brother get away with doing the bar minimum. It made me lonely and it made me sad. It made me responsible and guilty. It made me someone, if given the choice, I wouldn't want to be.”
― Jessica George, Maame

“Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
and I eat men like air.”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel: The Restored Edition

“I believe in two dominant introvert types. Those who have always enjoyed their own company and those who have grown to prefer it because they weren't given much of a choice.”
― Jessica George, Maame

“There's always going to be something we regret or feel guilty about because no one is the perfect child.

And perfection is subjective.

Exactly. So you might not think you were perfect, but maybe your dad did.”
― Jessica George, Maame