Tiffany Rose

“He knows this thing between them will always hold some temptation, some kind of magnetic pull that neither of them can quite break. An addiction, he thinks, as he descends, passes another lone hiker who nods to him, says morning. And like any addiction, you have to learn to manage it. It’s a moment of weakness, when he sees something and wants to share it with her, an urge that crops up out of nowhere, even though he is calm, and managing, and getting out every day, as if he can walk off the bad feelings, because Jen says it is good for him, that she notices a change in him if he does.”
― Claire Daverley, Talking at Night

“Exist, in tandem, and ask nothing more of each other.”
― Claire Daverley, Talking at Night

“You’re indecisive, for one. You let other people choose for you, over what you want, and that’s not just sad, Rosie, it’s fucking spineless, which is the opposite of what you actually are. And you have this false perception of what’s good and, I don’t know, proper. Like it matters. You don’t live your life the way you should.”
― Claire Daverley, Talking at Night

“I know it seems like I didn’t choose you, ever, Rosie says, when all I wanted was to choose you. And I’m sorry I never said that to you. Even if we’re only ever going to be friends, that’s okay, I think, but I just wanted to be able to say it. It’s all I can think about, now; that you matter, more than anything, to me. And I never even told you.”
― Claire Daverley, Talking at Night