Vicky

“The leopard in the zoo wanders to the edge of his pen and, through the bars or across an unjumpable moat, he stares at you with contempt for your inferiority, for needing that barrier between you, There is a shared understanding in that moment, non verbal but no less real: the leopard is predator and you are prey, and it is only the barrier that permits us humans to feel superior and secure.”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob

“Laurel gazes at him for a moment, willing him to provide her with the strand that will unfurl the knot of threads in her head”
― Lisa Jewell, Then She Was Gone

“It's clearly not a topic he wants to give any oxygen to!”
― Lisa Jewell, The Night She Disappeared

“Other mothers lose children without losing their husbands, too.” “You didn’t lose me, Laurel. I’m still yours. I’ll always be yours.” “Well, that’s not strictly true, is it?” He sighs again. “Where it counts,” he says. “As the father of your children, as a friend, as someone who shared a journey with you and as someone who loves you and cares about you. I don’t need to be married to you to be all those things. Those things are deeper than marriage. Those things are forever.”
― Lisa Jewell, Then She Was Gone