Opening Quotes

Setting the stage for the content to come

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Opening quote for “The Walls Around Us” by Nova Ren Suma

Quote: ““How to Commit the Perfect Murder” was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.” (Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones)

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Opening quote for “The Walls Around Us” by Nova Ren Suma

Quote: “She is happy where she lies. With the dust upon her eyes.” (Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Epitaph”)

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Opening quote for “The Walls Around Us” by Nova Ren Suma

Quote: “Justice. I’ve heard that word. I tried it out. I wrote it down. I wrote it several times and it always looked like a damn cold lie to me. There is no justice. (Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea)

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Opening quote for “The Walls Around Us” by Nova Ren Suma Quote: “We were just acting out the strangest tragic little roles, pretending to be criminals in order to get by. We gave very convincing performances. (Heather O’Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals)

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Opening quote for “The Walls Around Us” by Nova Ren Suma Quote: “It isn’t the running away they’re afraid of. We wouldn’t get far. It’s those other escapes, the ones you open in yourself, given a cutting edge.” (Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale)

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Opening quote for “The Walls Around Us” by Nova Ren Suma Quote: “For the girl who needs to hide her diary. For the girl who doesn’t think she’s worth so much. And again and always, for E.”

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Opening quote for “The Hearts We Sold” by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Quote: “What if I told you I’m incapable of tolerating my own heart?” (Virginia Woolf, Night and Day)