The Mermaid
Christina Henry
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The ocean has a rhythm, but it has no heart.”
“Women who did what they liked instead of what other people wished were often accused of witchcraft, because only a witch would be so defiant, or so it was thought.”
“Until I became human, nobody ever told me there was something wrong with my body.”
“Humans often valued what they should not, she reflected, and most often they did not value what was right before their eyes.”
“Men generally don't recognize the authority of women", Levi said very gently. "It's the way of the world, Amelia. I'm sorry it distress you." "The world", Amelia said, "is wrong about so many things.”
“They wanted the moon, but they hadn't realize it cost the earth.”
“Love does that. It changes you in ways that can't be undone”
“I don't belong to you ... You thought if I married you that I would, but I don't. I don't belong to any man ... I only belong to myself. But belonging to myself doesn't mean I don't love you or that I don't want to stand beside you.”
“Humans, Amelia knew, would do anything for belief. They would proselytize from the highest mountain for belief. They would collect like-minded people and form mobs for belief. They would kill one another for belief.”
“Do not mistake the revelation of my body for the revelation of my heart. My heart keeps its own secrets, and they don't belong to you or anyone else just because you've seen me with a fish tail.”
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