Shadow Girl Quotes

“Then all at once I'm crushed by sadness. Because I realised none of this is actually me or permanent or real. I don't belong here; I can't belong. It was only the alcohol that made me believe - for a brief moment - that I could.”
― Liana Liu, Shadow Girl

“I couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t just go to sleep. Maybe I do now. Because tonight I find myself dreading it: the lying down, the closing of eyes, the darkness and the emptiness. The wilderness of dreams. It’s midnight. It’s one. It’s two. It’s almost three. I force myself into the bed. I lie down and close my eyes. I try to give in to the darkness. The emptiness. But I can’t. Not that I’m afraid. I’m not. I know that nightmares can’t actually hurt me.”
― Liana Liu, Shadow Girl: A Young Adult Paranormal Mystery Where a Summer Job Reveals a Mansion's Dark Secrets