lonnie

“He needs to be inside my space, towering over me.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“She’s learnt the creaks of this floor now, makes a long stride over the worn patch. Steve’ll whinge if she wakes him, try to get her to have sex instead of running, easy enough to fend him off but then she’s started the day, started the ticking clock of what she ought to be doing, wife and mother, on holiday, cleaning and breakfast and fun for the kids, making memories and making sure to photograph them in case they turn out not to be memorable after all.”
― Sarah Moss, Summerwater

“My husband, I discover, wears size fourteen shoes.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“Mom said everything was for my sake, calling it love. But to me, it seemed more like we were doing this out of her own desperation not to have a child that was different.”
― Won-pyung Sohn, Almond