
Tag: bookreview


“We must never be a country that says there’s only one way to love, only one way to look, and only one way to live.”

“No coincidence, no story.”

“The indiscriminate reading of novels is one of the most injurious habits to which a married woman can be subject.”

“The only people who have to think about their identity are the ones who don’t fit the mold.”

“The reading and writing of fiction both requires and instills empathy.”

“But when you’re inside it, the closet is vast.”

“People who see themselves as victims sometimes don’t notice when they become oppressors.”

“We were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.”

“More subtle than Kingsolver.”

“I think the hope has always been that you see what you see, and you take us anyway, for who we are.”

“What was this book about?”
