Debra Lowman

“There are no guarantees, except that every morning, the sun will rise. No matter what happens, good or bad, each day will be followed by a new day.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees

“Fear. The nature of evil is fear."..
"Everyone feels fear, though. Not everyone-...It doesn't seem to matter whether a person has money or an education or social status or anything. The world just seems to break some people...so fear..plus fragility.”
― Emily Foster, How Not To Fall

“All adults have days when we feel completely drained. When we no longer know quite what we spend so much time fighting for, when reality and everyday worries overwhelm us and we wonder how much longer we’re going to be able to carry on. The wonderful thing is that we can all live through far more days like that without breaking than we think. The terrible thing is that we never know exactly how many.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“The Grum’s Ledger is a tale of regret. In real life, there was no happy ending. Alexander Grum died alone because he was afraid to seize love and risk all the unknowns that go with it. He chose certainty—and it was his ruin. “The only guarantee I could offer him—against all the unknowns, all the obstacles—was that we would face life together.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees