Catherine

“But there is harbor here.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“You destroyed me," she said. "Twice now in our lives. I have spent years getting over you."
"Did you succeed? Either time?"
"Not completely."
"I think that means something.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Maybe humans are like that, she thought. Maybe the moments that meant something to you and the people you've loved over the years are the rings. Maybe what you thought you'd lost is still there, inside of you, giving you strength.”
― Christina Baker Kline, The Exiles

“There are consolations that the strongest human love is powerless to give.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory