Beat Quote by Anna Funder

“Her world lost it’s color and Miriam felt herself drowning, drowning in its darkness.”

— Ana-Maurine Lara

“When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says.”

— Anna Funder

“He levered his body to take a seat, started, and blurted, "Jumping Jehoshaphat! Will you look at that?" "That's Hairy," Miriam said, dismissing further…

— Charlotte McPherren

“Pauline examined her face for a few seconds more, her jaw set. And then she smiled a little, not kindly, raising her eyebrows and…

— Alice McDermott

“. She couldn’t help but cry silently as she realized what she was giving up. She was giving up her anchor, the one person…

— Ali Harper

“I try to hear her voice, try to separate that single pitch from the shouts and applause. But she’s as lost to me as…

— David Levithan

“when she was finally done, she was close to tears and she hated herself more. Dragging oxygen into her sob-clogged throat, she turned to…

— Marian Tee

“you know the truth. Evie’s never coming back. And the sooner you make your peace with that, the sooner you can start to heal.”

— Blake Pierce

“Chloe helps to calm me. She makes me feel like nothing in this world exist other than the two of us. I love her…

— T.H. Snyder

“She was hearing the words. They just weren't registering on her Richter scale of sanity.”

— Dakota Cassidy

“The voices started up again, but they couldn’t stop her now. The waiting was over. There was no turning back, and that simple fact…

— V.E. Schwab

“Turning her face away from him, she let the tears fall at last. They were carried away on the wind as if they'd never…

— Rosalie Lario