Betsy Gant

“Did I get lonely? Of course, but those bouts of loneliness passed quickly, and I could always find comfort in my own company. Alice told me this is a strength that many people don’t have. The need for conformity and for the attention of others can lead to a life of misery.”
― Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers

“I don’t want to have to bounce back. Why hurt when you can just avoid it all in the first place?”
― Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers

“My father was older, yes, but in my mind, still too young for death. I cursed them both, my mother and my father. They hadn’t prepared me for death.”
― Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers

“It seems unfair that time is almost up for me just when I’m finding true happiness again, but time is never a friend to the sick or the old.”
― Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers