Erika

“When she was a teenager, the 1980s had felt far away, a lifetime ago, but now, when she was so many more decades ahead, 1996 still felt recent. The first twenty years of her life had gone by in slow motion--the endless summers, the space from birthday to birthday almost immeasurable--but the second twenty years had gone by in a flash. Days could still be slow, of course, but weeks and months and sometimes even years zipped along, like a rope slipping through your hands.”
― Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow

“Behind every witch is a woman wronged.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches

“Why was it so hard to see that, how close generations were? That children and their parents were companions through life.”
― Emma Straub, This Time Tomorrow

“My well of worry for you goes all the way to the core of the Earth, girlie.”
― Allison Larkin, The People We Keep