Tina

“Does she regret planning such a big wedding? Does she feel proud of her choices? Does she feel trapped in the spectacle of her own making? And how did weddings get like this? How did they get so big, come to be so important, that a woman couldn't see her way out of it? That a woman would sacrifice her entire life for it?”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“There is no such thing as a happy place. Because when you are happy, everywhere is a happy place. And when you are sad, everywhere is a sad place.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“You have to hand it to men, they've managed to convince us that the things that make women powerful are weaknesses. Motherhood is the most radical act in the world, and we've turned it into tapioca pudding. What's more toothless, more invisible in this culture, than a mother?”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, The Cliffs

“A house was a foreign object, invasive to its surroundings. Nature would keep trying to assert its dominance, to force its way in. Walk the aisles of any hardware store and you would know this. Row after row of poisons, traps, and tools, designed to beat back what rightfully belonged.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, The Cliffs