Brianne Hailey

“But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“No … because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo. And anyways, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“I suffered at her hands as a child, and any pain she subsequently endured appeared to me to be a kind of redemption - a rebalancing of the universe, where the rational order of cause and effect aligned. But now, I can't even the tally between us. The reason is simple - my mother is forgetting and there is nothing I can do about it. There is no way ti make her remember the things she has done in the past, no way to baste her in guilt.”
― Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar

“Sometimes I cry when no one else is around – I am grieving, but it’s too early to burn the body.”
― Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar