Quote by Nicola Griffith

“He made her feel as though the world belonged to them...”

— Arundhati Roy

“There weren't as many layers between her and the world as there were with the rest of us.”

— Anonymous

“They connected on every level - mental, philosophical, emotional. But she couldn't have him, not all of him.”

— Nicole Mones

“She realized now that her life wasn’t just about who she was, but about who she would become.”

— Robert Beatty

“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was strange, somehow,…

— Daphne Kalotay

“She was thinking about the way she’d always taken for granted that the world had certain people in it, either central to her days…

— Emily St. John Mandel

“There was something wild about her, as if she was connected to this place but not the people.”

— David Metzenthen

“It felt like there was a whole world living inside her. I didn't know anything about that world.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Her unseen palette of human relationships forged connections, established bonds, and changed lives in ways few of the attendees understood.”

— Anthony Flacco

“But of course, it had all been her – by her and about her, and now she was back in the world, not one…

— Ian McEwan

“It was the apparent isolation of the place that touched her; it was somewhere she felt she could be separated from the rest of…

— Erica James

“They had stared at her with great uncomprehending eyes. Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything. Unblinking and unabashed, they stared up at her.…

— Toni Morrison