Quote by Celeste Ng

“She had learned propriety, which was the same as saying she had learned to trust only herself.”

— Kristin Cashore

“She made a choice that day never to disregard the fact that people need to do things sometimes that others may not understand—and that…

— Patricia Strefling

“She had faith that each moment would be finer than the last. She believed that people were good,”

— John Hart

“She was good at that, repressing her feelings, disguising them as something else. Sometimes she thought it was the only thing she was good…

— Nicole Ciacchella

“I suspected those people were seeking to make sense of the world by turning her into a cautionary tale, the lesson being, look both…

— Stacey Kade

“Was it worth saying that she was no longer going to do anything for anyone since it seemed to her that the more generous…

— Joanna Trollope

“Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.”

— Francine Prose

“But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and what she…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“She had to be made to understand that she can’t go mouthing off about people and not expect consequences from it.”

— Chrissy Moon

“...She was, in fact, often wrong--and knew it. Life became difficult when those who were often wrong did not know it.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“After all, she herself had done the very worst thing imaginable. And she was a good person. Wasn’t she?”

— Chris Pavone

“She knew that people generally behaved only as well as they had to.”

— Daisy Goodwin