Betsy Gant

“the desire to get every last bit out, every last thank you, every last I’m sorry.”
― 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

“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

“...a drowning nihilism, a cycle of thinking there's no point, what's the point, there's no point to anything. I want there to be a point, even if I do not know, for now, what that point is.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief