Amber Reu

“Books were an antidepressant, a powerful SSRI.”
― Meg Wolitzer, The Female Persuasion

“One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love us anyway.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement

“She thought about him all the time - not so much about Doug the individual, but rather about the nature of love, and the shock of learning how quickly it could disappear.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Commencement