“A reminder to remember: just because the sharpness of the sadness has faded does not mean that it was not, once, terrible. It means only that time and space, creatures of infinite girth and tenderness, have stepped between the two of you, and they are keeping you safe as they were once unable to.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“Abusers do not need to be, and rarely are, cackling maniacs. They just need to want something and not care how they get it.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“The trouble with letting people see you at your worst isn’t that they’ll remember; it’s that you’ll remember. —Sarah Manguso”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“And it will be the tragedy of my life that I cannot love you enough to make you mine. That you cannot be loved enough to be anyone's.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“But if you have to go, then go. Go if it hurts. Go if it's time. Just go knowing you were loved, that I will never forget you, that you will live in everything Connor and I do. Go knowing I love you purely, Harry, that you were an amazing father. Go knowing I told you all my secrets. Because you were my best friend.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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