Dawn Sawade

“Alicia hated confrontation, hated to disappoint or upset her family. Her role had always been the sensible one, the peacekeeper, the organiser. She had never had the teenaged rebellion that many of her friends had gone through. Alicia realized now that she had spent her whole life trying to be inconspicuous, unnoticed, unremarkable. She dressed conservatively, never showing her body or doing anything to draw attention to herself. It was not through shyness she now understood. It was an attempt to protect herself from a world that was cruel and unpredictable and where no-one could be trusted.”
― Sheryl Lee, Living a Lie

“It will take faith, to go forward together without knowing exactly what the future brings.”
― Katy Regnery, Proposing to Preston

“Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are a lot of nice things you can do with sand: but do not try building houses on it. —C. S. LEWIS”
― J.A. Menzies, Shaded Light: A Manziuk and Ryan Mystery

“As long as I live, I’m never going to do what they’re doing. I made myself a promise. And now I’m making the promise to you. I’m never going to judge somebody I don’t know. And if somebody is accused of something in the newspaper or on TV, I’m going to remember that maybe he did it or maybe he didn’t. I wasn’t there, so I don’t know.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Ask Him Why