Rosamaria Nguyan

“Maybe they knew their own gift of imagination colored too rosily the poverty and brutality of their lives and made them able to endure it.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“She's just one of the plethora of women you rotate through your bed." Lily looked scared out of her mind as the queen changed direction and stalked her. "I will not allow you to besmirch the Esca name with your filthy plot to steal the prince.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

“We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“These God-breathing machines are no more, in the sight of their masters, than the cotton they plant, or the horses they”
― Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself