Sam Stephen

“We don't remember what we want to remember. We remember what we can't forget.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Three Women

“The problem, she's starting to understand, is that a man will never let you fall completely into hell. He will scoop you up right before you drop the final inch so that you cannot blame him for sending you there. He keeps you in a dinerlike purgatory instead, waiting and hoping and taking orders.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Three Women

“Remember when we used to share our secrets?" he asked. The moon captured a handsome face, full of longing. His dark hair brushed his shoulders.
"The Stone," she laughed.
"I loved you then. I loved you no matter where you came from. No - scratch that." His voice floated up to her. "I loved you because you came from wherever it was. It must have been a magic place, to produce you.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Child Finder

“His eyes were the same as they had been. Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was, and she could see him there.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing