Katsya

“Every human being needs to know what she's fighting for, that was what they said. And she fought for what was good, for the children she never had. And Ove fought for her, because that was the only thing in this world he really knew.”
― Frederik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“It could probably qualify as an epidemic among American men: this stubborn reluctance to embrace our wholeness, this stoic denial that we had come from our mothers as well as our fathers. It was sad, really-tragic. So wasteful of human lives, as our wars and drive-by shootings kept proving to us; all one had to do was turn on CNN or CBS News. And yet, it was comic, too—the lengths most men went to to prove that they were "tough guys.”
― Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True

“Getting your head shrunk could only take you so far, and then it came time to drop to your knees and humble yourself. Ask forgiveness of God the Father. Or, in my case, God the Stepfather. And, goddamnit, my knees just didn't seem to bend that way.”
― Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True

“I wrapped my arms around my chest. I’d read somewhere that that was an instinct left over from caveman days: protect your heart.”
― Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True