Hayley

“Things happened the way they were supposed to, and it was no use trying to predict what was going to come next. People liked to think otherwise, but what you thought had no practical influence on what eventually happened. You can't think yourself well. You can't make yourself fall out of love.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells

“The previous day and the day yet to come hang in a balance, each waiting for the other to make a move.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave

“Gretta sits herself down at the table. Robert has arranged everything she needs: a plate, a knife, a bowl with a spoon, a pat of butter, a jar of jam. It is in such small acts of kindness that people know they are loved.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave

“Books - books - books," said Helen, in her absent-minded way. "More new books - I wonder what you find in them...”
― Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out