“The clearest and simplest definition of 气 (qi) is that it is the interchange of Yin and Yang.”

“Memang cinta tidak selalu lembut, terkadang sepahit kopi. Percampuran coffee avocado inilah rasa yang sebenarnya.”

“One second. A snapshot of fear and sweat and blood.”

“Addie was warm and radiant next to me, making up half of us. But I - I was Eva, Eva, Eva, all the way through.”

“I was terrified. I was eleven years old, and though I'd been told my entire life that it was entirely natural for the recessive soul to fade away, I didn't want to go. I wanted twenty thousand more sunrises, three thousand more hot summer days at the pool. I wanted to know what it was like to have a first kiss. The other recessives were lucky to have disappeared at four or five. They knew less.”

“For years, we'd been the thorn of the neighborhood, the dirty little secret that wasn't so secret. The girls who just wouldn't settle.”

“The silence was like an unwelcome child, pulling at our hair, running its fingers over our lips.”