Why does everyone want to own me?" Pippa mumbles. She's got her head in her hands. "Why do they all want to control my life — how I look, whom I see, what I do or don't do? Why can't they just let me alone?" "Because you're beautiful," Ann answers, watching the fire lick her palm. "People always think they can own beautiful things.
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (ed. Delacorte Press, 2015) - ISBN: 9781101934234