Long Overdue Quotes

“I've never been there for you and your mother. I wish I had been. You both deserved better."
Natalie hesitated. Now? she thought. You want to unburden yourself now? Oh, dude...
"Mom did," Natalie agreed.
"I'll always regret that I never found a way to have you in my life," he said.
"Yeah, kind of hard when you have a wife and three kids at home."
He winced. "I was so fucking stupid. I have so many damn regrets." He paused, then asked, "Did she... did Blythe ever speak of me?"
"Let's not do this," Natalie said. "Let's not make this all about you. You could have asked Mom anytime in the past three decades. What do you suppose she would have said---that you're the guy who banged her and gaslighted her about wanting to spend the rest of your life with her?”
― Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop