Catherine

“If nothing else, this pause has given me that: a lens through which to view my previous life. It’s not forgiveness. Not even near that yet, but it is … acceptance, and that’s better than nothing.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“Empathy? Empathy? What empathy can I afford my enemies? Shall I dither about whether to defend myself because it will cause someone pain? If that had been the case, I would have died years ago! You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

“But he’d made the mistake of listening, just a little, to the seductive whispers of that rotten, misleading bastard called Hope.”
― Francine Pascal, Sam

“Unlike me, Bobby will never know the nagging ache of an absent father; he will have the loss of his mother inside him, like a thin shadow on a bright day, standing close, but he won’t have that dragging sense that he was unloved, somehow, unworthy”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy