Shaundell Smith

“He got Alice, the way we did, or maybe even more so than us. He made her more confident, funnier, smarter. He brought out all the things that were there already and let her be fully herself, so she seemed to shine with this inner light.”
― Liane Moriarty, What Alice Forgot

“With the right key you can bust the door wide open. Because nobody's going to open it for you.”
― Andy Mulligan, Trash

“They would always be a family, but if she'd learned anything in the past few weeks it was that a family wasn't a static thing. There were always changes going on. Like with continents, sometimes the changes were invisible and underground, and sometimes they were explosive and deadly. The trick was to keep your balance. You couldn't control the direction of your family any more than you could stop the continental shelf from breaking apart. All you could do was hold on for the ride.”
― Kristin Hannah, Winter Garden

“I would do anything to save our love because our love is my life”
― Michelle Magorian