CJ

“I just wanted to let you know that you have a friend, if you ever need one. And I think you're lovely. Despite often behaving to the contrary. And I think that maybe someone made you feel like you weren't lovely and he shouldn't have. But anyway. There we are.”
― Jenny Bayliss, A Season for Second Chances

“Reading was something I did only as a girl back when my mother was alive. Back then it seemed there was more time in the day and more things to do for pleasure. I know part of that was simply being a child and not knowing how harsh the world could be.”
― Willow Winters, The Beast & His Beauty

“People nearly drove Silimalo phoenixes extinct...Our greed. Our short-sightedness. All for a few feathers, we almost wiped out a species. But people saved the phoenixes, too. We captured the last wild birds and brought them into captivity. We started breeding them, trying to keep the species alive. For me phoenixes are a reminder of how awful people can be... but also how much good we can do, when we put our minds to it.”
― S.A. MacLean

“It didn't mean anything," Max sobbed quietly. "She's nothing."
"That's even worse," hissed Annie. "That poor girl! For God's sake, Max, if you're going to ruin what was left of our marriage, at least do it for something more than nothing.”
― Jenny Bayliss, A Season for Second Chances