sofia ⟡ ݁₊ .

“It’s too late. He’s already learned how not to drown.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“Because more than anything, her mother had wanted to stand out; because more than anything, her father had wanted to blend in. Because those things had been impossible.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“Hannah, as if she understood her place in the cosmos, grew from quiet infant to watchful child: a child fond of nooks and corners, who curled up in closets, behind sofas, under dangling tablecloths, staying out of sight as well as out of mind, to ensure the terrain of the family did not change.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You

“In kindegarten, he had learned how to make a bruise stop hurting: you pressed it over and over with your thumb. the first times it hurt so much your eyes watered. The second time it hurt a little less. The tenth time, it was barely an ache.”
― Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You