Chloe Gong

“These days, Juliette,” he said, low and warily, “the most dangerous people are the powerful white men who feel as if they have been slighted.”

Sometimes it was hard for Kathleen to remember that she was still her own person, not just shards of a mirror, reflecting back a thousand different personalities most fitting for the situation

She wished she could press mounds of rich soil into the gaps of her heart, occupying the space until flowers could take root and grow roses.