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“Fill my lungs up with the that sweet, sweet city smog and let me suffocate in a place with bodegas.”
― Laura Hankin, A Special Place for Women

“The end is still unwritten. Let's hope it's a happy one.”
― Madeleine Roux, The Book of Living Secrets

“Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things they don't find very funny, do things they don't particularly want to, with people whose company they don't particularly enjoy. Not me. I had decided, years ago, that if the choice was between that or flying solo, then I'd fly solo. It was safer that way. Grief is the price we pay for love, so they say. The price is far too high.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“Don't forget us," he replied, her blood staining the white linen covering his heart. "But live. Live and live, and we will do the same.”
― Madeleine Roux, The Book of Living Secrets