Libby Lamb

“Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was, and she could see him there. “Jodie, I’m so sorry you worried about leaving me. Not once did I blame you. We were the victims, not the guilty.”
― 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

“She held it against her heart. Where else would one need a compass more than in this place?”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

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