There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another...
There had been something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots. They were no longer waiting for some arbitrary grade. They were no longer perfor...
There is a dualism inherent in democracy--opposing forces pushing against each other, always. Culture clashes. Different belief systems. All coming together to create this country. But this balance ta...
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers. Pages upon pages upon pages… Uncle Will frowned. Didn’t they teach you how to...
There is a particular circle of hell not mentioned in Dante's famous book. It is called comportment, and it exists in schools for young ladies across the empire. I do not know how it feels to be throw...
There is a time in every life when paths are chosen, character is forged. I could have chosen a different path. But I didn’t. I failed myself.
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.
There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, in this post I would like to give a few thoughts on what seemed to be the overwhelming question: WHY?And here is the best a...
With no plan of escape in sight, I've been resigned to the life of a cosseted young lady of London society as Grandmama and I pay calls. We drink tea that is too weak and never hot enough for my likin...
Why must we die when everything within us was born to live?
Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world?
There is no meaning but what we assign. We create our own reality. I can live with that.
There is no progress without cost.
With each shimmy, the bugle beads on their scandalously revealing costumes swung and shook. It was the sort of display Evie knew her mother would have found appalling—an example of the moral decay of...
We have work to do if you are not to be a total failure like high-waisted, acid-wash jeans.
There was such fear in the world. But love was everywhere if you looked. It was the best thing about humans. That they could stare into the abyss and still open up their hearts. A spit in the eye to f...
We’ll have to make the chumps believe it. Moonlight strolls. Staring into each other’s eyes. Sharing the same straw in our egg cream. Dreadful pet names.Not Lamb Chop, Evie protested. That’s hideous.Y...
Yeah, well, who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?
You see, Mr. Phillips, the truth of it is, I am so very American. She slapped the pen down on the onerous paper and slid them both toward her boss. And that is precisely why I can’t—no, why I refuse t...
There's nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.
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