20 Quotes by Kim Liggett

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. 

Someday, you'll get a flower. It might be a little withered round the edges, but it'll mean the same

Michael leans in to kiss my cheek. “You can keep your dreams,” he whispers. “But I dream only of you.

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

What at first seemed like harmless tasks turned into something infinitely more dangerous. But isn’t that how every horrible thing but it begins? Slow. Insipid. A twisting of the screw.

And I wonder if this is the magic taking over. Is this how it starts—the slip of the tongue? A loss of respect? Is this how I become a monster the men whisper of? I turn and run up the stairs before I do something I regret.

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

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.

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.