Amelia

“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide—it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese—the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

“My suffering left me sad and gloomy.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi