Sharai

“It was minor abuse. He’d touched Jeanette twice only, over her clothes. Just her breasts, Jeanette had said. That minor and abuse could even fit in the same sentence seemed preposterous. There was no minor in abuse, there was no Thank God, it could have been worse. Sexual abuse was no car accident.”
― Gabriela Garcia, Of Women and Salt

“That there are no real rules that govern why some are born in turmoil and others never know a single day in which the next seems an ill-considered bet. It’s all lottery, Ana, all chance. It’s the flick of a coin, and we are born.”
― Gabriela Garcia, Of Women and Salt

“What kind of fear is credible? There are so many kinds of fear.”
― Gabriela Garcia, Of Women and Salt

“We are more than we think we are. There was always more.”
― Gabriela Garcia, Of Women and Salt: A Novel