Sarah

“The pine shadows moved across my blanket, the wall behind me. People were just like that. We couldn't even see each other, just the shadows moving, pushed by unseen winds.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“A magician came to entertain us, and I was mesmerized by his beautiful hands, his fluid, round gestures. I couldn't stop watching his hands. They were better than any of his tricks. He pulled a bouquet of paper flowers out of the air and gave them to me with a courtly bow, and I thought love was like that, pulled out of the air, something bright and unlikely.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“There’s no single right way to say goodbye to someone you love. But the most important thing is that you keep some part of them inside you.”
― Ali Benjamin, The Thing About Jellyfish

“I was wishing I had a story like that one to live inside me with so much loudness you could pick it up on a stethoscope.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees