“She wanted to bottle how safe she felt in this moment, so she could drink of it later when loneliness and fear left her parched.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.”
― Song of Solomon
― Song of Solomon
“Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club
“A girl was like a kite; without her mother's strong, steady hold on the string, she might just float away, be lost somewhere among the clouds.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone
“Too many good things all seem the same after a while. ”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club
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