♥ Lucia ♥
"She did not mind her days alone, away from the eyes outside. It was better
this way, her secret stories hidden so no one could touch them, take
them. Her sisters listened, rapt, but did not try to take. They cared
more for the eyes and the ears; they seemed to want to collect these
like charms to wear around their necks, the eyes and ears and the mouths
whispering - beautiful, beautiful, why did it matter she wondered. She
was free, still, like a child. The way it is before you are seen and
then after that you can never remember who you are unless someone else
show it to you."
Excerpt from Glass
by Francesca Lia Block
