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“A father should always be the one who sacrifices for his child.” My knees give out, unable to hold the weight of my heartbreak any longer, and I fall to the ground. “No! Please, no.” “Tell Rhea that I will love her even in the ether.” One more step down. “Tell my children that their faces are the images I held on to when I died. That I always loved them.”
― Abigail Owen, The Things Gods Break

“But history, especially ancient history written by men, often overlooks women.”
― Abigail Owen, The Things Gods Break

“Grief doesn't always come from losing someone- it also comes from realizing they were never really yours to begin with.”
― Abigail Owen, The Things Gods Break

“I will go with you,” she says. “Because the last thing a mother would ever want is for her child to regret what they did in a moment of brokenness.”
― Abigail Owen, The Things Gods Break