Monica

“I’m simple when you want me to be complicated. And I’m complicated when you want me to be simple.”
― Lisa Gardner, Before She Disappeared

“I love sex. The harder the better. A moment where I don’t have to think, where I can escape my own mind? Afterwards, I might even get a good night’s sleep. But the minute it’s over, you’re gonna want what you’re gonna want, and I’m still gonna be me.”
― Lisa Gardner, Before She Disappeared

“Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“In this day and age of racial tension, gender fluidity, and political polarization, how do you most define yourself?”
― Lisa Gardner, Before She Disappeared