Shannon

“Her dad was wrong about worrying. Cath liked to worry. It made her feel proactive, even when she was totally helpless.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I worry there's nothing left of the person I was supposed to be, beyond the pain. Sometimes I can't separate myself from it. I think about how when I'm gone, the pain will be gone, too. We'll have canceled each other out. Maybe it will be like I was never here at all.”
― Tracy Guzeman, The Gravity of Birds

“I'd chosen the regret I could live with best, that's all. I'd chosen the life I belonged to."

(Sarah Grimke's character)”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings

“We are not quite novels.
We are not quite short stories.
In the end, we are collected works.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry