Shannon Baker

“You promise to love and cherish, and then the person you adore shows you what an asshole he is and you spend way too much time and energy expunging him from your life.” She”
― Shannon Baker, Broken Ties

“Diane dropped her head back and sighed at the ceiling before giving me that exasperated big-sister tone. “We’re sisters. Always and forever. That means I love you even when I hate you. And it means I can hate you because I know you’ll always be there when I’m done hating you.” I worked my throat, but words wouldn’t come. “Okay, yeah. Maybe I didn’t think that before. But I don’t want to end up like Miriam and Debbie Fine. Old ladies who’ve lost the best gift life has to offer. Mom and Glenda are gone. But there’s you and me and Louise and Susan. And even Robert, Michael, Douglas, and Jeremy. And that’s a whole lot of love and hate right there.” She wavered in front of me, tears clouding my vision. Still, I couldn’t move or speak. “And Dad. It’s going to take the mighty power of the Fox clan to pull him back from this.” I nodded, the well inside me filling with a slow trickle. She took one step toward me. “Yesterday I hated you. Today I love you. And I know you’ll forgive me because out of all of us, you’re the one who never forgets: Family is the most important thing.”
― Shannon Baker, Exit Wounds