Elizabeth

“I didn't like full mirrors; there was too much of my father in them.”
― Ariel Courage, Bad Nature

“The scant autumn light was blunted and cooled by clouds so dark, they seemed bruised. It silvered the windows, which were awash with rain, and made running patterns on the wall. It was like sitting in a sea cave.”
― Johanna van Veen, Blood on Her Tongue

“How horrifying. Is there anything more dangerous to a woman than to be beautiful when weeping?”
― Johanna van Veen, Blood on Her Tongue

“She was worse off than me, I thought, because she'd never stopped loving her dad. Not everything bears comparison, but I wouldn't have traded places with her. I was in some perverse sense glad Dad had hurt me. The line he'd crossed was clearer, easier to find in the dark.”
― Ariel Courage, Bad Nature