Jess Clayton

“The painful things you were certain you’d never be able to let go? Now you’re not entirely sure when they happened, while the thrilling parts, the heart-stopping joys, splintered and scattered and became something else. Memories are then replaced by different joys and larger sorrows, and unbelievably, those things get knocked aside as well, until one morning you’re picking cherries with your three grown daughters and your husband goes by on the Gator and you are positive that this is all you’ve ever wanted in the world.”
― Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

“We’ve been married for fifteen years. But I still have to choose it. That doesn’t stop.”
― Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow

“That was next-level friendship—locking someone in through marriage.”
― Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow

“You can't fix someone who is determined to stay broken.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures