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“with parenting there’s a long game and a short game. The aim of the short game is to make your children bearable to live with. Easy to transport. Well behaved in public places. In other words, to make your own life easier. And, yes, you can achieve that with punishments, with discipline, with a clip here and there. But the aim of the long game is to produce a good human being. And personally, I don’t believe that you need to play the short game in order to win the long game. I genuinely believe you can skip it. That it’s optional.”
― Lisa Jewell, The Girls in the Garden

“It did not matter, at that moment, that she was every monster, every witch, every nightmare made flesh. She was also an adult, and when adults fight children, adults always win.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Kindness can thrive even amongst cruelty.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Adele was struck by how often women undervalued their own efforts while being endlessly impressed by those of their peers.”
― Lisa Jewell, The Girls in the Garden