Shannon

“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

“I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.”
― Tana French, In the Woods

“Seeing ourselves clearly is the project of a lifetime.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

“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