Olivia

“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

“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

“Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again.”
― Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

“patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
― Essie J. Chambers, Swift River