One Last Secret Quotes

“it’s simply that learning a new language and culture is exhausting and relentless.”
― Adele Parks, One Last Secret

“But I do remember how I felt when he said I was pretty. I was disappointed. I felt my lack. I wanted to be beautiful. Beautiful suggests gravitas, importance. Pretty is lightweight and suggests ‘somewhat’. I needed him to think of me as beautiful. I felt challenged, as though he had thrown down a gauntlet.”
― Adele Parks, One Last Secret

“day; I sniff the air and can almost smell summer. I love spring, not in its own right, but because it’s the predecessor to summer, my actual favourite season. I have learnt that anticipation is genuinely a gift. Hot days slow my blood and heal my bones.”
― Adele Parks, One Last Secret

“Truth is a bit like depression. It creeps up on you. You don’t notice it, you can keep denying it, but once it lands, it’s indisputable”
― Adele Parks, One Last Secret

“shrug. I don’t feel that. I’d settle for being ignored, left alone, unjudged. Unharried. I just want to live my life. I don’t need anyone to understand it. ‘Do you think? It strikes me as the ultimate in self-absorption, hoping for understanding from others to give meaning to your life. Get over yourself, I say.”
― Adele Parks, One Last Secret

“receipts”
― Adele Parks, One Last Secret