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1 " If you're going to cry, go to church and pray for the living. The dead don't need your tears. "
― Lydia Kang , The Impossible Girl
2 " Personally, she didn’t believe in heaven or hell. An earthly life was hell enough, and heaven appeared in the ephemera of every day, "
3 " What would he say? What would he do? The clarity of his mind was a very real thing, and hers had been clouded by sickness and sleep and too long spent in flight, never landing, never taking a breath to actually live. "
4 " There is an end to everything, but some endings are very good, indeed. "
5 " There are lessons everywhere, Dr. Blackwell. Whether we choose to listen to them depends on our own good sense. "
6 " Being able to live and walk amongst the “bon ton” meant needing a steady supply of bodies, and things had been slow. Health was terribly inconvenient for Cora, but she would not do anything to hasten death. It was one of her rules. "
7 " It wasn’t the first time she’d been informed, directly or indirectly, that her womb consumed far too much energy to allow for mental acuity. "
8 " All things are poison and nothing is without poison. Only the dose makes a thing not to be poison. "
9 " sky-blue. "
10 " An earthly life was hell enough, and heaven appeared in the ephemera of every day, like dust motes sparkling in a quiet sunrise, or a warm handshake on a frigid day. Stolen gifts. "
11 " Personally, she didn’t believe in heaven or hell. An earthly life was hell enough, and heaven appeared in the ephemera of every day, like dust motes sparkling in a quiet sunrise, or a warm handshake on a frigid day. Stolen gifts. "
12 " When you felt the explosive combustion of utter relief and anxiety at the same time, "
13 " Dr. Blackwell "
14 " what do you do?” Dr. Blackwell asked imperiously. "
15 " One always thinks one has forever, and that tomorrow will come to wipe away yesterday’s misfortunes and mistakes so one can start anew. "
16 " Her identity was not so easily discerned. It was up to her to decide who she would be. "
