Betti

“Pa always believed a marriage in the fall would bring a union of rebirth that’d bud slow, grow steady and strong from the dying season, while a marriage made in the hot summer would be short-lived and quick to whither.”
― Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

“My mother always said the envy of others invites”
― Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

“Your children grow up, they leave you,
they have become soldiers and riders. Your mate dies after a life of service. Who knows you? Who remembers you?”
― Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies

“she balances the tears from falling, an art she had been taught long ago—when she learned that survival, not happiness, was the real prize.”
― Shaunna J. Edwards, The Thread Collectors