America had six time zones. Lina’s father called it the land of dreams, and so it seemed. For what other country would aspire to occupy the past, present, and future, all at the same time?
“You want a place to be like it was in the book but it’s not a place in a book it’s just words.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“The sun felt so loud, it stood in for conversation.”
― What We Were Promised
― What We Were Promised
“Here, she was an uninvited guest in a home she didn’t want to disturb.”
― Everyone Knows You Go Home
― Everyone Knows You Go Home
“You couldn’t omit your own child from the story of your life, like it was no big deal.”
― The Leavers
― The Leavers
“Like most girls, she’d already learned that pretty exposes you and pretty hides you and like most girls, she hadn’t yet learned how to navigate the difference.”
― The Mothers
― The Mothers
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