“But it can put a lot of pressure on a person to be told they need to be strong.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“Giving up was the new normal, and I have to say it was catching.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“Once you kill another human being there is no going back… it’s a bit like being reborn, I suppose. But no ordinary birth—it’s a metamorphosis. What emerges from the ashes is not a phoenix, but an uglier creature: deformed, incapable of flight, a predator using its claws to cut and rip.”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens
“He saw her beauty...but he looked past it. Either that, or he was smart enough to see that she wanted to offer more to the world than a pretty face.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Once a story you’ve regarded as true has turned false, you begin suspecting all stories.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
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