“Built on the insubstantial foundation of our feelings, the life we had created together seemed a figment of our imaginations that dissolved into fairy dust in the face of something real, and deadly, like cancer.”
Kim van Alkemade“What life she had left could be measured in hours. Small recompense though they were, they belonged to me now. I had only to claim them.”
Kim van Alkemade, Orphan Number Eight“Built on the insubstantial foundation of our feelings, the life we had created together seemed a figment of our imaginations that dissolved into fairy dust in the face of something real, and deadly, like cancer.”
Kim van Alkemade, Orphan Number Eight“What makes you think I ever got married? Married women work themselves to death, all their money goes to husbands who gamble it away. Why would I ever do that to myself?”
Kim van Alkemade, Orphan Number Eight“Rachel had been worried she couldn't remember what Sam looked like”
now she worried he wouldn't recognize her.