Amanda Styler

“The hopeless wishes that won’t quit stalking you: some perfect words you think you could say to somebody to make them see you, and love you, and stay.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“You think you know where your own troubles lie, only to stare down the page and realize, no. Not there. It started earlier. Like these wars going back to George Washington and whiskey. Or in my case, chapter 1. First, I got myself born.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“Suffering is not the worst thing in this world,” Daddy said. “We all suffer. Letting your grief hold you back from living is the true travesty.”
― Gabrielle Meyer, In This Moment

“For the kids who wake up hungry in those dark places every day, who’ve lost their families to poverty and pain pills, whose caseworkers keep losing their files, who feel invisible, or wish they were: this book is for you.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead