“Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?”
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Following the death of her mother, 16 year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from her life in colonial India to a boarding school in England. Lonely and unhappy, she is prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true - and who is the mysterious young Indian man who keeps following her?
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Libba Bray
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“Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?”
“My misery is reaching epidemic proportions.”
“Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else...”
“One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a sh...”
“They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those two things working in your favor.”
“I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.”
“I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must. Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.”