Marilena

“It was a strange kind of pain, choosing to lie there under the needles and let him write his ownership into my skin.”
― Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden

“Yet if hope has flown away in a night, or in a day, or in none, is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. But”
― Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden

“Right now I could hate you a little.” He didn’t stop dancing, but the smile faded. “Why?” “Because this is royally fucked up.” I took a slow, deep breath, thought about what to say next. “And because this is going to break my heart.” “Does that mean you love me too?” “My mother taught me to make sure the man always says it first.”
― Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden

“Not making a choice is a choice. Neutrality is a concept, not a fact.”
― Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden