Ashley E Cloud

“We were loved, not passionately but enough, and we were largely ignored, which allowed for our healthy separation from the primary family. Necessity made us resourceful and brave. We were left to solve our own problems and so we did. The children you should worry about are the ones who are the singular light of their parents’ lives, the ones who hit thirty and are still calling their mom five times a day.”
― Ann Patchett, Whistler

“When I get in bed, I repeat my prayer a couple more times. I figure if it is already in the till, it can’t hurt to say it again. Plus Mama always said men are slow learners, so you got to repeat it until it sticks.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club

“If you give a girl a taste of fresh air and then take it away, she will grow fierce and wild to get that fresh air back again.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club

“You can’t love someone out of addiction, all the oceans are the tears of those who have tried. We’re not allowed to die for our children, the universe won’t let us, because then there wouldn’t be any mothers left.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends