A Beautiful Poison Quotes

“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and a burst of laughter, a promise broken, and a vow made.
And there was this kiss.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“It’s a dreadful vexation to be a shadow when you’re supposed to be the sun.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“There were only so many pieces of your heart that could be damaged before it irrevocably changed you.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“a funeral reminds you to be alive, doesn’t it? It slaps you across the face and points out that there’s still warm blood doing a jig in your veins.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“She had the sort of beauty that left you bleeding internally after gazing for too long.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Funerals should be between a single person (dead) and a single person (alive) and ought to involve a discussion that no one else should hear. Should”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“It’s Ovid. The most acceptable gifts . . . are the ones made precious by our love of the giver.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“She was astonished at how lies had entirely filtered her vision for the last several weeks. Years, even.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“A young man propped up a ladder to capture photographs of the scene, yawning afterward. Death in Manhattan must be a rather boring affair, even when it happened to the rich and beautiful.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Allene never knew that murder could make Monday mornings so wonderful. It”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“It was a stab at her and her family, she knew. Allene chose to tuck away the comment and consider it later when she could pout in privacy.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Apparently, Mr. Cutter hadn’t been able to keep more than his eyes off Hazel Dreyer.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“A life’s career speckled with words like leader in his field and forensics prodigy was staring down at him. His heart did backflips.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“he was the human version of overcooked cabbage.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Let’s find out where the medicine came”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and a burst of laughter, a promise broken, and a vow made.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“digging into their wheatless, meatless wartime suppers,”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“to the place that only her hands had probed in secret shame in bed or in the bath.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“to attention. They all wore their guilt like”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and a burst of laughter, a promise broken, and a vow made. And there was this kiss. It was far from disappointing. CHAPTER 35 In November, Christmas came early.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Somewhere in the world at that moment, there was a birth, a death, a sunrise, and a sunset. There was despair, and a burst of laughter, a promise broken, and a vow made. And there was this kiss.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Acceptissima semper, munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Great Influenza:”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Acceptissima semper, munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit.” Mr. Rossi turned to Ernie for a translation. “It’s Ovid. The most acceptable gifts . . . are the ones made precious by our love of the giver.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“He knew what it was to have orphan status thrust upon you. Like someone had pushed you through a door, locked it, and left you in a new land with no map. All comforts were gone, unreachable. It seemed, at times, you had to relearn how to speak again. When you were grieving and in despair, basic things were different, like actually responding to yes and no questions. How to eat. How to sleep. How to smile. That one had taken him over a year to relearn.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“But it was tiring, so tiring to never be in full possession of yourself. She was a woman, after all. It was their lot in life, wasn’t it? Never to own yourself completely.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“But a funeral reminds you to be alive, doesn’t it? It slaps you across the face and points out that there’s still warm blood doing a jig in your veins.”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“It’s Ovid. The most acceptable gifts . . . are the ones made precious by our love of the giver.” Allene”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison

“Heppenheimer’s Shoppe was now the Stars and Stripes, trying to convince its customers that the owners were patriots, begging them not to turn them in to the local APL. A”
― Lydia Kang, A Beautiful Poison