Kat

“People were cruel to you, and it didn't make you bitter. What else would you call that?"
"Naïve? Needy? Pathetic?"
"Strong," he insisted.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“In any case, there was only one correct answer: the one she had in mind right now. Isn't that what life is about? Forging forward with the answer you have - stumbling along the way and picking yourself up - only to one day realize the answer you've held on to for a long time is not the right one. When that happens, it's time to look for the next answer. That's how ordinary folks, like herself, live. Over our life span, the right answer will keep changing.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“He shrugged. “It’s just bread. Glad you like it.” It wasn’t just bread. It was the fact that he’d thought of her while he baked it”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse

“Tolliver doesn’t look at her. He keeps his eyes on Tom. Izzy isn’t surprised; when she works with a male partner, male subjects usually discount her. Women do, too.”
― Stephen King, Never Flinch