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“Olive hugged her stuffed wombat and grabbed the remote, flipping on her favorite thing to watch, baking competitions. A small flicker of something lit in Archer’s chest. Maybe she was his after all.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

“I’m pretty sure half of dealing with kids is just tricking them into doing stuff.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

“Sometimes shite just happens to people”
― Rosie Talbot, Sixteen Souls

“You’re here,’ she said, and her whole body sagged in relief. And it did something to him, this relief, this idea that he was here and now things would be better, that he would help. Olive needed him and Iris needed him, and it was different than being needed at work. It was different than being the boss, than running a tight ship, than making sure everything went perfectly. Here, they just needed him.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Strawberry Patch Pancake House