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“I was crying for all the things I'd thought I'd understood but didn't. Crying for all I'd hoped for that wouldn't be.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Roots and Ruin

“This house has always felt full of ghosts to me—not of spirits in white sheets and chains, nothing as clichéd as all that—but of memories snatched away. Memories I’ll never be able to claim as mine.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Roots and Ruin

“Doesn't it overwhelm you sometimes -- To be alive? Don't you sometimes feel like at any moment you could be torn away from yourself? From your life?”
― Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe

“I must have you. Kate knows better than anyone how dangerous men can be. The thought sparks fury in her. She's not sure if it's a new feeling, or if it was always there, smothered by fear. But now it burns bright in her blood. Fury. For herself. And all the women that came before. Things will be different for her daughter. She'll make sure of it. And that means she has to be brave.”
― Emilia Hart