Mary Beth

“Ove feels an instinctive skepticism towards all people taller than six feet; the blood can’t quite make it all the way up to the brain.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I wasn't aware that words could hold so much. I didn't know a sentence could be so full.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“You miss the strangest things when you lose someone. Little things. Smiles. The way she turned over in her sleep. Even repainting a room for her.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Lady Pochard: I do believe you could find the good in a reptile Mr. Rotherford. What do you have to say about me then?
Silis Rotherham: You have a highly acute perception stemming from a combination of the sharp wit you were born with and trials that would shock your family.
Lady Poch: A wise answer. You might even be smarter than the man that had the good sense to choose me as a wife.
Silis Rotherham: I am merely intentional about recognizing the good in people – a little something to combat all the critics in the world.
Lady Pochard: I’m not sure whether to call that foolish or brilliant!
Silis Rotherham: I settle for obedient. It was God’s idea, not mine”
― Joanna Davidson Politano, Lady Jayne Disappears