Amanda Formby

“A tight fear, like a fishing line, hooked upon something that must, inevitably, be dragged from the depths. (Margret)”
― Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

“Each of us must find a way to love the world. You have found yours.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings

“All shall be well,” Yaltha had told me, and when I’d recoiled at how trite and superficial that sounded, she’d said, “I don’t mean that life won’t bring you tragedy. I only mean you will be well in spite of it. There’s a place in you that is inviolate. You’ll find your way there, when you need to. And you’ll know then what I speak of.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings

“Still, there's a lucidity that sometimes comes in that moment when you find yourself looking at the world through your tears, as if those tears served as a lens to clarify what it is you're looking at.”
― Jean Hegland, Into the Forest