Holly

“No matter how much one trained, pruned, and fertilized, one could not dominate nature, but only guide it to become what it willed itself to be. No, her mother preferred to spend her time organizing”
― Eva Pohler, The Mystery Box

“no matter how small a stone she was, she’d make her own ripples in the world.”
― Leigh Duncan, Journey Back to Christmas

“I felt the small, private happiness that comes from giving just the right gift. After”
― Heather Young, The Lost Girls

“Do you think I don’t deserve to grieve as much as someone who lost their son after forty years? Twenty-seven years is a short time to have a son. Just because it was short, it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. It was just short. That’s all.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Forever, Interrupted