Tracey

“Years later, when my mom went off to college on a full scholarship, my grandfather told me that he and Rose enjoyed a second honeymoon, one that lasted until their very last day together. Every morning, he would head out early to pick Rose a bouquet of flowers; she would make breakfast, and the two of them would eat together on the back porch, while watching the mist rise slowly from the water. He would kiss her before heading off to work and again when he returned at the end of the day; they held hands as they took their evening walk, as though touch could somehow make up for the lost hours they’d spent apart.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Return

“He was always so proud of the way we never fight. But maybe if you never fight, it only means you don’t care enough.”
― Maddie Dawson, Matchmaking for Beginners

“uppermost”
― Tom Watson, Stick Dog