Unmarriageable

by Soniah Kamal

“I want to go into the graveyard,” Alys said. “There’s no closing time, is there?” “No. But most people are scared of the dead, and even more so at nighttime.” “If you ask me,” Alys said, “it’s the living who people should be scared of.”

“My mother read books one after the other, as if they were potato chips.”

“Darcy is overrated,” Alys said. “Mr. Knightley from Emma won my heart when he defended Miss Bates from Emma’s mockery.”

“You should be proud that you possess the ability to revise your opinion and want to develop qualities you lack.”