Sarah Haywood

“But, these days, fairy-tale endings come in all shapes and sizes. It’s okay for the princess to end up with the prince, it’s okay for her to end up with the footman, it’s okay for her to end up on her own. It’s also okay for her to end up with another princess, or with six cats, or to decide she wants to be a prince. None of those make her any more or less a feminist.”
― Sarah Haywood, De cactus

“I used to think that what distinguished Edward's experience of childhood from my own was the way in which we responded to my father's drinking. I'm sure an amateur psychologist would claim that it caused me to be serious beyond my years, to want to be in complete control of my life, to judge myself - and others - harshly. Equally, they would claim that it caused Edward to be impulsive, irresponsible and needy. I suspect that such an analysis might be more accurate than I'm prepared to admit. But I'm not sure, now, that that was the only distinguishing feature. I think that what set my childhood apart from Edward's was that I was never loved, and my brother was.”
― Sarah Haywood, De cactus