Cyndi Hull

“The water changes by the second, yet it remains the same river. Like a woman. She bears a constant identity throughout her life, yet her very nature, her function, is one of change. She’s a toddler before she becomes a young girl, then a teen, like my Eden here. She’s sister, aunt, and friend. She matures into a siren to attract a mate. She becomes mother, menopausal broad, divorcée, widow, a senior, the crone. But always, inside, she’s the same girl carried along the river of life.”
― Loreth Anne White, The Girl in the Moss

“Emotion is not weakness, Jane. Empathy is not soft. It’s what makes us most human. Most strong.”
― Loreth Anne White, The Unquiet Bones

“a lot of bad things are done in the name of good. And I am not saying any particular group of people who hold a belief are in league with the devil or whatever. But I do think there are many times when bad things are done because those in the clutches of a belief system latch onto the idea that only they are right. When that happens, bad things result—a lot of the time.”
― John Marvin, The Stained Glass Door: A Novel in Fragments

“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing