ruined life Quotes

″‘Ever had your life ruined by someone with the last name Hawthorne?’ Alisa continued. I stared at her, then managed to answer more confidently this time. ‘No.’ Alisa smiled, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. ‘Lucky you.‘”

“What would have happened if she had never lost those jewels? Who knows? Who knows? How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed to ruin or to save!”