Kim Liggett Quotes

Source: The Grace Year

“It's good to be afraid," I said. "It means you still have something to live for.”

Source: Blood and Salt

“I think growing up is one very long grace year. I mean it's brutal for girls, right? We place this impossible set of standards on them, and project all of our fear and desire on them, and when they falter, they're entirely to blame. --An Interview with the Author at the end of the book”

Growing Up

Book:The Grace Year

Source: The Grace Year

“You eyes are wide open, but you see nothing.”

Ya Dystopian

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“A person is made up of all the little choices they make in life. The choices no one ever sees.”

Life Inspirational Choices

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“I shadowed my father a million times before, watching him sneak off to the outskirts, but it never occurred to me to follow my mother—that she would have a life of her own.”

Feminism Mothers Misogyny Fathers Daughters

Book:The Grace Year

Source: The Grace Year

“I’m trying to hold back my emotions, but I can feel my face contorting. That strange heat moving to my cheeks. I always thought it was magic moving through me, but now I know it to be rage.”

Feminism Rage Misogyny Patriarchy

Book:The Grace Year

Source: The Grace Year

“depravate sau sfinte, toate suntem egale în moarte.”

Feminism

Book:The Grace Year

Source: The Grace Year

“That’s the problem with letting the light in—after it’s been taken away from you, it feels even darker than it was before.”

Life Hope Hopelessness

Book:The Grace Year

Source: The Grace Year

“As he takes off his shroud, I realize how good I've gotten at pretending. Pretending not to notice the knives covering nearly every surface-knives that were specifically designed to peel my flesh. Pretending that eating preserves out of the same kind of jar they use to store our body parts in to sell back to the county is perfectly normal.Pretending this isn't crazy.. that we could actually get away with it...live happily ever after. But there is one thing in all of this that is not pretend. I'm in love with him. I may not be able to spend my life with him, grow old with him, but I can choose to give him my heart. My body. My soul. That's the one thing they will never be able to control in me. Untying the bow from my ribbon I wait for him. He swallows hard before stepping towards. Taking in slow, measured breaths, he twirls the strand around his finger. Our eyes meet. The energy radiating between us is so intense it feels like we might burn down the world. As he pulls the strand, releasing my braid, I know I should avert my gaze, turn my eyes to God, the way we’re taught, but in this moment, all I want is for him to see me. To be seen. As he lifts my slip over my head, it’s like lifting my veil. As I unbutton his trousers, I’m accepting his flower. When he presses his skin against mine, the bloom he chose for me opens up, filling the space with a heady perfume of longing and pain. Entirely ephemeral. Absolutely forbidden. And completely out of our control. Dropping the ribbon to the floor, the last confine the county holds over me, I lead him to the bed. He’s a poacher. I’m prey. Nothing will ever change that. But in this small treetop cabin, away from our home, and the men who named us, we are still human beings, longing for connection, to feel something more than despair in this bleak year. With nothing but the moon and the stars as our witness, he lies beside me. Pressing our palms together, entwining our fingers, we breathe in time. This is exactly where we need to be. There’s no second-guessing, no thinking. And when his lips meet mine, the world disappears. Like magic.”

Sickening Cringy Disgusting Metaphors Romance X1f922

Book:Grace Year

Source: Grace Year

“Visele tale sunt singurul loc care îți aparține doar ție... Un loc în care nimeni nu te poate atinge. Păstrează-l cât poți de mult.”

Vise

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“I know I’m a far cry from the girl from my dreams, but I want to believe there’s a part of her that lives in me … in every single one of us.”

Dreams Feminism Womanhood

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“When you’re eating your supper, you can look down at your plate and say, my, that’s a fine-looking carrot, and you’ll think of me.” “I don’t want to think of you when I look at a damn carrot.”

Funny Friendship Friends Joke Supper Carrot

Book:The Grace Year

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