Jessi Jetter

“Kids are mirrors, reflecting back everything that happens to them. You’ve got to make sure they’re surrounded by good things. Remember that, Sundance, if you have kids one day.”
― Catriona Ward, Sundial

“Like most people who grew up poor, I’d adopted the automatic habit of appraisal when in new places. Unlike most, however, I never really understood the envy.”
― Dan Franklin, These Things Linger

“I was learning what many other people my age already knew, that grief is the worst place in the world to be trapped in. In fact, it’s a kind of sub-world that you believe only you inhabit. You aren’t alone, of course, because those you’re close to share your pain. But it’s not really their pain, is it? It’s yours. And it’s a million times worse for you than it is for anyone else.”
― John Marrs, The Good Samaritan

“Each morning when the sun comes up, cresting the horizon and stretching shadows across the sand, every gazelle and every lion opens their eyes. They all understand something. Every gazelle wakes knowing that to survive the day they gotta run faster than the slowest gazelle in the herd. And every lion wakes knowing that to survive the day they gotta run faster than the fastest lion in the pack. That’s life, young lady.”
― Charlie Donlea, The Girl Who Was Taken