Nikki Buchanan

“Motherhood demands pieces of yourself, Hannah would say. Your body, your solitude, at worst your mental health. All that giving and giving and giving away can come at a cost, and one morning you might wake up to realize you’ve lost yourself and can no longer mother at all. Then, Hannah would tell her dear grown-up daughter, you must make a different kind of sacrifice, by letting go of being the giver and the caretaker, and learning to ask for help.”
― Hadley Leggett, All They Ask Is Everything

“So many office situations show no regard for people with anxiety, yet we’re the bad guys if we can’t cope.”
― Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

“To the child in each of us, yearning to be special. Take my hand, you strange little creature, and together we shall walk beyond the wall.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“Love is not to never fight. Love is always making up.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No