Samantha Sutton

“Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t. Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.”
― Alice Feeney, Beautiful Ugly

“Easy to stay on the path when the road is straight and the steps are numbered.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“but, really, unconditional love has a huge flaw. If you love me no matter what, who I actually am doesn’t matter. If someone loves your essence, your very being, what can you do to make them love you more or love you less? Nothing: there is no space. So the only option left to you is to continually prod at that unconditional love, to test it and stretch it, to mock it even. And it’s not just that. There is a further problem with unconditional love, isn’t there? Because what if you don’t love yourself? What if, like Joanna, you obsess over your flaws and weaknesses, you constantly update the balance sheet of your own personality and find it wanting? Well, then the unconditional love of a parent is a sign that they simply don’t know you. If they truly knew you, their love would be peppered with caveats. “I love you, but…”
― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune

“Even when a legal outcome might not appear obvious”
― Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women