Emily

“Maybe our lives are like gigantic jigsaw puzzles. You find the right piece and suddenly the whole picture has meaning.”
― Lisa See, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

“One mistake can change the course of your life. You can never return to your original path or go back to the person you were.”
― Lisa See, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

“My mother had organized her literature collection in the order in which she'd read the books. She'd explained her reasoning to me once, her fingers running across the spines. 'I can retrace my steps this way. The stories that became part of me before I was a mother, and those I read with you in my arms.”
― Nadia Hashimi, Sparks Like Stars