Lori

“After a long, long time she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.”
― Eleanor Estes, The Hundred Dresses

“Remorse is a heavy burden, but in its weight, it has great power to awaken men's souls.”
― R. William Bennett, Jacob T. Marley

“Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

“The person who completes your life is not so much the person who shares all the years of your existence, but rather the person who made your life worth living, no matter how long or short a time you were given to spend with them.”
― Susan Meissner, A Fall of Marigolds