“She never forgot the day she'd met him, or how his friends had told her to be more than pretty. She never forgot Elizabeth, Yennenga, Abhaya Rani. She wore his gold coin on a chain around her neck until the day she died. But the thing she treasured most was the memory of his smile, a smaile that was a wink and a dare. A wild road on a windy night. A kiss int he dark. A smile that had given her all she'd ever wanted-a chance. A chance to be herself.”
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“Wonderful. Mad at home and mad here. Was there nowhere that this Alice was truly sane?”
“It's Wonderland. Don't lose your head.”
“Cat," I whispered. "Are you mad?" "Yes. But we're all mad here.”