Цитаты из произведения Bruja Born

I hate to say I told you so, but I did tell her so. Magic transforms you. Magic changes you. Magic saves you. I want to still believe in all those things.

I go to my dresser and I pull out a round hand mirror that I got at a garage sale for a dollar. It`s a dull metal but makes me feel like the Evil Queen from Snow White. When I was little, I used to root for Snow, but lately, I feel the queen was way misunderstood. Women with power always get a bad rep.

There are a million problems going on in the world, and here I am, worrying about scars. But deep down, I know it`s more than the scars. I`ve been called beautiful my whole life. I`ve been aware of the way men`s eyes trailed my legs since I was far too young. The way boys in school stuttered when they spoke to me. The way…

For the past seven or so months, Alex has been extra everything — extra patient, extra loving, extra willing to do my chores. She means well, but she doesn`t understand how suffocating her attention is, how the quiet in her eyes drives a sick feeling in my gut because I`m trying to be okay for her, for our family and…