Olivia

“Sometimes worries are a comfort, what connect you to another person.”
― Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

“Missing you is like a toothache, always right there, sore and buzzing under everything, even when happy things happen. Every now and again the pain stings so sharp make me jump up and howl. It don’t ever get better, I just get used to it.”
― Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

“I’ve been thinking about the fact that families split apart over one thing, but the thing that keeps them apart is something else entirely. Toss in guilt and shame and then the years stack up like bricks in a wall you can’t climb over.”
― Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

“That real mother, the mother that you get, you've got to love her, there's no choice. She is the mother you needed. She gave you strength, either because she loved you well or because she loved you poorly. She gave you your mission.
It's the dream mother that you have to let go of. The one you pined for, the one you thought your decency promised you. She's the one you've got to bury.
She's a mirage. She'll only break your heart.”
― Amity Gaige, Heartwood