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The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1) QUOTES

The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1) QUOTES

1 " It is not in my nature to be interested in the living.

But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

2 " There is a thrill in relishing the suffering of strangers, and they hide their interest with worried faces. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

3 " Even then I found the word fitting, soothing.

Fireflies.

Fire flies.

Fire, fly. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

4 " Dad says there are more than three thousand letters in the Japanese alphabet, which could pose a problem. There are only twenty-six letters in the English alphabet, and I get into enough trouble with them as it is. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

5 " Dinner that night is a feast of flavor. To celebrate the successful exorcism, Kagura has cooked several more dishes than the shrine's usual, simple fare- fragrant onigiri, balls of rice soaked in green tea, with umeboshi- salty and pickled plums- as filling. There is eggplant simmered in clear soup, green beans in sesame sause, and burdock in sweet-and-sour dressing. The mood is festive. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

6 " There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

7 " Few stories start with death. Often, it starts with grief. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

8 " The previous owners left nothing of themselves here: no happiness, no grief, no pain. It is the best anyone can wish
for in a place to stay. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

9 " When you have resigned yourself to an eternity filled with little else but longing, a few seconds is enough. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

10 " I am beginning to understand that there are better things than retribution. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

11 " I am where dead children go. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

12 " And yet she feels no pain and watches placidly as the Smiling Man is enveloped in a mass of hair that tears him into pieces. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

13 " Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than about comforting the people they leave behind. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

14 " This is why boys don't play with dolls. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go and freak out in the next room. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

15 " She wraps both arms around herself and shivers before turning to enter, pulling the large doors closed behind her. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)

16 " Men, right? Bastards, no matter the time or place. "

― Rin Chupeco , The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)