Alethea Brugman

“financial and energy-sapping struggle, was that being a parent on your own when you were totally out of your depth was actually the loneliest place on earth.”
― Jojo Moyes, One Plus One

“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“Time’s glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right, To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours And smear with dust their glittering golden towers.   Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece”
― William Shakespeare

“You know in your heart when you’re doing the right thing and when you’re not. And you just have to do everything you can to stay the course.”
― Emily Giffin, The One and Only