Immortality: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology #2)

by Dana Schwartz

And it was undignified for an adult man to be blond, wasn’t it? Blond hair was for toddlers with rosy cheeks, not tall, broad-chested men with unidentifiable accents

Facts. Make blondes grow up smh

“Every woman marries into obsolescence,” Eliza said. “The things that make us celebrated as young women—being charming, and being coquettish and being clever? In a married woman and mother, all of that becomes desperate and embarrassing, like wearing too much rouge. Even our educations serve no purpose after we’re wed. Charlotte and I were tutored

being a woman who wants to contribute something to the world is understanding that sometimes, in order to get the message out, the correct messenger is needed. People are more willing to accept new ideas coming from a man. It’s simple, and it’s unfortunate.”

“And he licks his thumbs when he turns the pages of a book. It will drive me mad.”

Real

“I want people to remember me as pretty.”