Hailey Vandermyde

“What kind of epiphany would unlock her power. . . Why did she care? She barely knew him. Except she did know him. . . He'd trusted her in a way that no one ever had before. He listened to her. He respected her.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Faraway Inn

“The things that connect us to a place, to each other. Don't let anyone make you feel like what you want isn't important.”
― Ellis Hart, The House That Held Her

“You build what you want to build, offer it as widely as you can to whoever you think will appreciate it, and if other people like it or don’t like it… that’s on them. Not you.”
She thought of Ethan. That sentence shouldn’t have applied to him, but… it kind of did. He hadn’t wanted what she built. And that was on him.
Jack laughed at something one of the guests said, and Calisa peeked again into the sitting room. He was chatting with the guests as he served cake to Zef. He likes me as I am. He saw her as she was. He listened to her. He never tried to change her. He’s what I need and want.
As if he sensed her watching, he looked over. Calisa met his eyes and smiled, and he smiled back, instantly and fully, like he’d been ready and waiting for her to notice him.
“I think I understand,” Calisa said to Auntie Zee.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Faraway Inn

“I’m going to love her in all the quiet ways, the slow ways, the loud and obnoxious ways.”
― B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms