Lily

“The way some women so willingly compromised every ounce of themselves in the name of building a life for themselves that they didn’t enjoy.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

“I'm left with that funny feeling that happens when you spend a supposedly intimate occasion with people you don't feel any genuine intimacy with. That strange, gnawing feeling, equal parts hollow and lonely and wistful, with a tinge of irritability underneath. Craving something more. But accepting that this is it.”
― Jennette McCurdy, Half His Age

“There are lots of different kinds of love. Love like a steady, warming campfire that keeps you alive in the cold. Love like a raging blaze that burns down everything in its path until nothing but ash remains.”
― Layne Fargo, The Favorites

“A voice in my head, echoing softly: America hates angry women. The Lord hates angry women. You hate angry women. Do not be an angry woman.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear