Kate

“That is excitement. We catch only glimpses, a burst of movement, a flap of wings, yet it is life itself beating at shadow's edge. It is the unfolding of potential; all of what we might experience and see and learn awaits us.”
― Eowyn Ivey, To The Bright Edge of the World

“Perhaps one of the hardest things about having kids is realizing that you love someone more than your wife. That it's possible to love someone more than you love your wife. What's even worse is that it's a love you don't have to work at. It's just there. It just sits there, indestructible, getting stronger and stronger. While the love for your wife, the one you do have to work at, and work so very hard at, gets nothing. Gets neglected, left to fend for itself. Like a houseplant forgotten on a windowsill.”
― Andrew Kaufman, The Tiny Wife

“Well, you are dying—on purpose."
"And you're pregnant—by accident."
"A fine pair we make," she says.”
― Jonathan Tropper

“His accent was thick and British, the kind that makes North Americans feel slightly ashamed.”
― Andrew Kaufman, The Tiny Wife