Lisa

“because this is how it was with them: the boy’s father had dark skin, darker even than my own, and the boy’s mother was a white woman. They were holding hands and smiling at their boy, whose skin was light brown. It was the color of the man and the woman joined in happiness. It”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“So he dreams himself the life he cannot have?” “Exactly. But we, who can do anything, we refuse to live our dreams on the basis that they are not practical. So tell me, who is to be pitied more?”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

“Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust