Lies that Blind Quotes

“When I looked into her eyes I recognised what I had never fully understood before, something that could no longer be disguised: The desire that each of us harbours, even if seemingly sunk like a Spanish galleon on the ocean floor, to love and be loved.”
― E.S. Alexander, Lies that Blind: A Novel of Late 18th Century Penang

“I now embraced a truth from which I determined never to waver: That from this moment on I would care less about when or how my life ends than how I feel about myself when it does.”
― E.S. Alexander, Lies that Blind: A Novel of Late 18th Century Penang