“Just be the strong woman you are, like me. If the guys can't handle us, it's their problem.” — Amanda Sun Strong woman Copy Share Image
“Her glittering nails and dangling earrings made her seem fragile sometimes, like something delicate, but then I'd find her standing alone on… — Amanda Sun Standing alone Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter what they do to me,' he said. 'It might even be better if they—stop me. But I need to… — Amanda Sun Copy Share Image
“Hana yori dango. Dumplings over flowers. It basically means that someone should value needs over wants, substance over appearance. As in, make… — Amanda Sun Flower Copy Share Image
“That's all any of us have in the end, isn't it? there is death ahead of all of us. And so we… — Amanda Sun Death Copy Share Image
“Katie, I know it's your life. But please ... live it. Please live.” — Amanda Sun Life Copy Share Image
“And who knows, maybe this will all sort itself out and you’ll have choices you didn’t even realize you had. You still… — Amanda Sun Choice Copy Share Image
“Just like in our kendo matches, where we only felt briefly safe with our shinai thrust between us, keeping each other at… — Amanda Sun Axis Copy Share Image
“There's a saying in Japan, and it has to do with cherry-blossom viewing: hana yori dango (Dumplings over flowers). It basically means… — Amanda Sun Flowers Copy Share Image
“I couldn't exactly sit in the dripping yukata. The ink had stained all the embroidered cherry petals black. "It's totally ruined," I… — Amanda Sun Copy Share Image
“They tell you you'll forget how it used to be. You'll get used to it, that it's better to move on. They… — Amanda Sun Copy Share Image
“I looked into the sea of black as the mourners trampled around our living room and spilled into the kitchen. There was… — Amanda Sun Life Copy Share Image
“As much as I'd wanted to stay in Japan to be with him, the real reason was that I wanted control of… — Amanda Sun Life Copy Share Image
“I know," Diane said, "but not having options doesn't mean you don't have choices." "Um...I don't get it." Diane crouched in front… — Amanda Sun Choice Copy Share Image
“Be angry, Katie Greene. Don’t forget how it was. Because there’ll always be a hole in your heart. You don’t have to… — Amanda Sun Copy Share Image
“...it's not like you expect people to die. You somehow think they won't, that life will just carry on the way it… — Amanda Sun Life Copy Share Image
“There would always be a void. And my shoulders shook with relief that I didn’t have to fill it.” — Amanda Sun Copy Share Image