Mika in Real Life Quotes

“You can’t go back. You can never go back. But you can decide how you want to move forward.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“You can’t rely on others for your self-worth,” Hana said. “That has to come from within.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“How does this end? Mika wondered. Not how she wanted it to. She thought of Caroline dressing Penny in clothes that matched her own. Of Hiromi forcing Mika to take dance lessons. How mothers see their daughters as echos, as do-overs, as younger versions of themselves who might have the life they didn't or have the same life as they did, but better. But children aren't second chances, Mika realized with a start. It was unfair for Hiromi to believe her desires should live inside Mika. Children are made to take a parent's love and pass it along.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“It seems the tighter I try to hold on, the more things slip through my fingers. It is a reminder to me of how impermanent life is.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Right here and now. Her body light. Her heart happy.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Icarus approaching the sun. Touching it. How good it felt. The light. The warmth. How could she not want to bask in it forever?”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“That’s the whole point of emotions. The least you expect them, the more intense they are. That’s the beauty of feeling.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Maybe that was the key to parenting: you couldn’t keep your children from being hurt, but you could give them a soft place to land.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Penny is a natural dancer. I should have known; she’s so athletic.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Perdi tudo. Tempo. A mim mesma. Meu futuro. Como não sentir que algo lhe fora roubado? Em primeiro lugar, seu corpo. Depois, sua arte. E, por último, sua filha.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Era isso que acontecia com as meninas? Essa era a vida delas? Pular de uma cela para outra?”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Quem dera ela pudesse falar para os cientistas ao redor do mundo: “Parem de estudar, descobri o segredo para a fusão.” Está no vínculo entre uma mãe e seu filho.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Media, news outlets, they preferred 'sexual assault.' It seemed nice, gentler somehow. A woman might recover from an assault, but she might never survive a rape.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“When did a woman's decision to have sex become a barometer for honesty?”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Maybe that was the key to parenting: you couldn't keep your children from being hurt, but you could give them a soft place to land.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“She had thought of herself as a stone skipping over murky water. Time passing without consequence, without thinking, staying the same, getting farther and farther from the shore. But a pebble never reaches the other side. Eventually, it sinks. "When did I sink?”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“I can't promise I will never hurt you again. The truth is, there isn't much I can promise you. Still, still. What little I have is yours. No matter what happens. If you forgive me or not. I want you to know I will always be around. Like any other parent, I will be here, waiting for my child to come home.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Please don’t. I’m in a very vulnerable place right now.” “You’re in a Target,”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“Her heart thundered, the sound of one thousand horses”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life