Marija

“Elsa felt a deeply rooted shame in her daughter’s rejection. In her hurt, she did what she’d always done: she disappeared. But all the while, she waited, prayed, that both her husband and her daughter would someday see how much she loved them and they would love her in return. Until then, she dared not push too hard or demand too much.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

“To her, such sensitivity was hardly a sign of a mental flaw or disorder. At least she hoped not, for she was highly sensitive herself. I recall her grin. “As are most of the people who strike me as really worth knowing.”
― Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

“There was a pain that came with constant disapproval; a sense of having lost something unnamed, unknown.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

“The things your parents say and the things your husband doesn’t say become a mirror, don’t they? You see yourself as they see you, and no matter how far you come, you bring that mirror with you.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds