But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence.
But it would have made them suspect. Women who have power are always feared,
But forgiveness...I'll hold on to that fragile slice of hope and keep it close, remembering that in each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice....
Beggin' your pardon, miss, but I was told you be the one to help me cross on to the next world.Who told you this?His eyes widen. A fearsome creature with a head full of snakes!You musn't fear her, I s...
Because you can't keep up the illusion forever, I say. No one has that much magic.
And now I understand that truth casts a spell of its own, one I'm not sure of how to hold on to, though I'm desperate to try.
And for a moment, I understand that I have friends on this lonely path; that sometimes your place is not something you find, but something you have when you need it.
A hedgehog flies from the safety of a bush, startling me. It darts past us in a terrible hurry. Kartik nods toward the furry little thing. Don't mind him. He's off to meet his lady friend.How can you...
Dreams were dreams and reality was reality and she felt people were better off understanding the difference.
She was sure that all those things she'd been taught abut feeling shame were wrong. It was not a curse to fully inhabit your body. You were only as cursed as you allowed yourself to be.
¿Estáis listas? ¿Empiezo? Había una vez cuatro chicas. Una era guapa. Otra era lista. Otra encantadora y la cuarta... [...] misteriosa. Pero estaban heridas. Había algo en ellas que les faltaba. Algo...
'Music opens your soul, makes you ready.'- 'Ready for what?'- He smiles big. 'Exactly.
—¿Cómo se inventa uno una religión? —preguntó Evie. Will la miró por encima de los cristales de sus gafas. —Dices 'Dios me ha dicho lo siguiente', y luego esperas a que la gente se apunte.
¿Modelo? ¿Actriz? ¿Princesa? Es demasiado hermosa para ser alguien corriente.
In a manner befitting your station while at Spence. It’s fine to be kind to the lesser girls, but remember that they are not your equals. Station. Lesser girls. Not your equals. It’s a laugh, really.
You've influenced the world not because you wanted to hug it and cuddle it and call it sweet thing, but because one day you wanted to beat the crap out of somebody but you didn't. You made a painting...
You want to know what pain is? Try running out of Advil when you've got a Category Five period. I've had cramps that would make grown men beg for a bullet between the eyes.- Jennifer, Beauty Queens
You know what else is hot? said a nameless blonde as she put her arm around the one black girl. What?Bisexuals.Totally. Well, not like real bisexuals who are just sort of your everyday people, but, li...
Yes, fine, I say, feeling dead inside. They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea who isn't really here.
Why had this power come to me? I can scarcely govern myself. At times, I feel as if I could dance through the halls with happiness, and then, just as suddenly, my thoughts are dark and lost and fright...