Ashley Higgins

“As if it's Vera's fault that no one pays attention to the sounds of her life.”
― Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

“Sometimes my husband would say, “if you want help just ask,” and I would wave my arms around like someone drowning. “Just look!” I'd say. “this is all a cry for help.” But truthfully, I didn't want help. I was grateful for it sure. What I wanted was an equal partner.”
― Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

“It was funny, she thought, how many relationships one could have with the same man, over the course of a lifetime together.”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“Theo had only ever loved Carla. There were women before, and there had been the occasional one since, but Carla was without question, the one. The one and the many he supposed, because there was this Carla, and there was the previous Carla. It seemed as though over the course of his life, he’d known multiple Carlas and loved them all, would continue to love them in whatever reincarnation they appeared.”
― Paula Hawkins, A Slow Fire Burning