21 Quotes by Colleen Chen

A room – full of detached feet – like hundreds of them. Maybe thousands! And I saw the king in there. He was having an orgy with them. It was the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen. Like a bunch of insects crawling all over his naked body. Except they weren’t insects.

Souls aren’t discrete units – or even units at all. They’re more like reflections of consciousness in a fractured mirror.

Vesper felt herself turning red with humiliation. Then she looked at Allegra – really looked at her. Maybe she’d had such a problem with people not seeing her because she wasn’t seeing them. Did Allegra’s mask of rage hide pain and doubt that anyone would ever truly love her? She thought that it just might. Vesper didn’t quite feel compassion, but she no longer took Allegra’s behavior personally.