Libby Lamb

“Marsh is not swamp. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows into the sky.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“if you look tempting, men turn into predators.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“They sipped until the sun, as golden as syrupy as the bourbon, slipped into the sea.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“It happens in humans, too. Some behaviors that seem harsh to us now ensured the survival of early man in whatever swamp he was in at the time. Without them, we wouldn't be here.We still store those instincts in our genes, and they express themselves when certain circumstances prevail. Some parts of us will always be what we were, what we had to be to survive-way back yonder.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing