Darlene Gartside

“Only you can decide what your happiness looks like.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Gods & Monsters

“Make up your mind. You can’t string me along forever, blowing hot one minute and cold the next. Do you want to love me, or do you want to kill me?”
― Shelby Mahurin, Gods & Monsters

“You probably think I’m a prude.’
‘So? You shouldn’t care what we think, Célie- or anyone else, for that matter. Don’t forfeit your power like that.’
‘Because who cares if you’re a prude? Who cares if we’re whores? They’re just words.’
‘And we can’t get it right no matter what we do. We might as well do it our own way. Being a prude or being a whore are both better than being what they want us to be.’
‘What do they want us to be?’
‘Theirs.’
‘Be prudish and proud, Célie. We’ll be whorish and happy.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Gods & Monsters

“The book club was going to have a field day.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café