Veronica

“Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.”
― E. Nesbit, Five Children and It

“Why would you clone a human when you can’t even look after the humans who already exist?”
― Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

“As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you staked out in the middle of the courtyard. (...) You don't pick out the rain that soaks you to the skin when you come out of a concert.”
― Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

“When the immigrants came to America, they thought the streets would be paved with gold. But when they got here, they realized three things: 1.  The streets were not paved with gold. 2.  The streets were not paved at all. 3.  They were the ones expected to do the paving.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue