Laura

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“But what you just said, about him being dangerous. What do you mean by that?”

“I mean,” says Blue, “that a man who can’t love but desperately needs to be lived is a dangerous thing indeed. And I think Floyd is dangerous because she’s pretending to be someone he’s not in order to get you to love him.”
― Lisa Jewell, Then She Was Gone

“Regret is a tough emotion to live with, impossible to move on from, because what’s done is done.”
― Suzanne Redfearn, In an Instant

“Give her a penny, I scream. I’m sick of every memory of me being discarded, avoided, or embalmed in a shrine. I want my mom to smile when asked for a penny and to laugh when she walks through the meat section of the grocery store, remembering the time we baked a ham together with the clear plastic wrapping still on, how we basted it for two hours before noticing it looked strange. I want my dad to smile when he eats chicken wings and watches an Angels game. I want Mo to never pass a dandelion without blowing off the fluff and then running through it to catch the seeds in her hair.”
― Suzanne Redfearn, In an Instant