

“A girl was like a kite; without her mother's strong, steady hold on the string, she might just float away, be lost somewhere among the clouds.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone

“I’ve been lucky to have been cared for and loved since childhood by a circle of women. Now it’s time for me to create a wider circle, so I can do for my daughters and other women in the household what Grandmother, Miss Zhao, Meiling, and even Poppy have done for”
― Lady Tan's Circle of Women
― Lady Tan's Circle of Women

“Friendship is a contract between two hearts. With hearts united, women can laugh and cry, live and die together,”
― Lady Tan's Circle of Women
― Lady Tan's Circle of Women

“You have a child, so you know. You are my heart, baby girl. You are everything I did right. And I want you to know I would do it all again, every wonderful terrible second of it. I would do years and years of it again for one minute with you.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone

“I wish I were a giant gingko tree hundreds of years old, with the deep roots it takes to stand strong against mighty winds. Instead, I feel like a sapling in a typhoon, desperately trying to hang on.”
― Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
― Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

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