Juli.

“Had this woman ever loved him? Had she ever truly, honestly cared? The answer was right before him, sitting in the fast-cooling water, two significant cuts, one across each of her dainty wrists. Yet, even at six, he knew, if she had loved him, even a little, she would not have taken her own life as he, her son, her only child, slept, hungry and hurt and without a soul to turn to, laying in the floor of a two-room shack on the edge of nowhere.”
― R.K. Latch, Welcome to the Family

“God, it’s hard work being a person sometimes.”
― Rachael Lucas, The State of Grace

“Alright. Bye, Mom.” “Bye, Baby.” I hit end and waved to her in the window, smiling as she waved back. I couldn’t be sure from this distance, but it looked like her eyes might’ve been a bit misty. When I finally turned to Colton, he was staring at me with an odd expression. “What?” I asked. “Did you just…call your mom to tell her you snuck out of the house?” he said slowly. I nodded as I pulled on my seatbelt and clicked it into place. “Of course. I didn’t want her to worry.” “You know that’s not how it’s usually done, right? The whole point of sneaking out is so your parents won’t know and get on your case about it.” “Yeah, but my mom’s cool. We have an understanding.” Colton shook his head in amazement. “You’re something else, Sadie Day.”
― Cookie O'Gorman, The Good Girl's Guide to Being Bad

“Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"—here I opened wide the door;—
Darkness there, and nothing more.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven